DrFrank Schindler
Associate Professor in Quantum Matter Theory
Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Associate Professor in Quantum Matter TheoryDepartment of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
- 020 7594 6807 (Work)
- 806, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
I am a condensed matter theorist at Imperial's Department of Physics.
My research is on topological phases of matter, and more generally on topological phenomena in quantum materials, metamaterials, and quantum dynamics. You can read more about topological phases in this article: Physicists Aim to Classify All Possible Phases of Matter.
I am additionally supported by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
Please check this page for my open PhD positions.
Please check the links on the bottom left of this page for further information on me and my research group.
Awards
- James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics (2024)
- Sam B. Treiman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University (2022)
- Award in Computational Physics, Swiss Physical Society (2020)
- Special Prize of the Mercator Award Jury, University of Zurich (2019)
- Studentship in Mathematics, Trinity College Cambridge (2016)
- Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (2014)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate ProfessorImperial College London, Physics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2025 - present
- Future Leaders FellowUK Research and Innovation, Swindon, United Kingdom1 Nov 2024 - present
- Assistant ProfessorImperial College London, Physics, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2025
- Associate Research ScholarPrinceton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton, United States1 Sep 2020 - 31 Jul 2023
- Graduate FellowKavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, United States1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2019
DEGREES
- PhD in Condensed Matter TheoryUniversity of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland1 Jul 2016 - 31 Jul 2020
- Part III of the Mathematical TriposUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom1 Oct 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
- BSc in PhysicsLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany1 Oct 2012 - 31 Jul 2015
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
FACULTY
- Faculty of Natural Sciences
POSITION NAME
- Associate Professor in Quantum Matter Theory