1 July 2025

Linda Qerimi featured as “Female Physicist of the Week”

Linda is a PhD candidate at LMU Munich at the Chair of Physics Education Research under MCQST member, Prof. Jochen Kuhn, specializing in quantum physics and quantum technologies. After completing her state examination in mathematics and physics, she consciously chose an academic path to explore how key concepts of quantum technologies can be conveyed in a comprehensible and sustainable way through representations.

In her dissertation, she investigates how learners develop a deeper understanding of fundamental principles of quantum computing – such as superposition, quantum measurement, and entanglement – when these concepts are presented using suitable qubit representations. Her research focuses in detail on the mechanisms of qubit representations and aims to identify how their design, function, and task-related aspects support conceptual understanding across different audiences, ranging from quantum experts to high school students (secondary level II). These findings are relevant in a variety of contexts, ranging from carefully designed educational materials to real experimental environments. The experimental implementation is partly studied at PhotonLab, the student laboratory of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and part of MCQST's outreach program, as well as at the MPS, the Munich Physics SchoolLab at the Chair of Physics Education Research.

Additionally, she is part of Munich Quantum Valley, where she develops educational materials for quantum computing in schools and contributes to science communication initiatives that aim to make quantum concepts accessible and inspire the next generation for the quantum future.

About the "Physikerin der Woche" Initiative

Since January 2018, the Equal Opportunities Working Group of the DPG has been introducing you to a female physicist each week in a short report.

Dr. Ulrike Böhm, curator of this initiative, explains the idea in an DPG article: “We want to show that studying physics and becoming a female scientist is a real opportunity and excellent career choice for all women. That is why, every Monday, our task force for equal opportunities at DPG introduces one female physicist and her field of research in Germany or a female German physicist abroad.”

Source: DPG Physikerin der Woche Website.