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Maria Chekhova

Maria Chekhova

Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light

About the Speaker

Maria Chekhova obtained her PhD from Lomonosov University (Moscow, Russia) in 1989, followed by her habilitation degree in 2004. She worked there as a researcher and group leader until 2009. Since 2009, she has led an independent research group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (Erlangen, Germany). Her research focuses on the generation and application of nonclassical light, with a special emphasis on extreme cases: bright quantum light on the one hand and nanoscale quantum light sources on the other. She is a Fellow of Optica and the recipient of several awards, including an ERC Advanced Grant.

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