Sebastian Steinlechner (S.S.)
I'm an associate professor (UHD) in the Department of Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics. My research focusses on interferometry for gravitational-wave detectors, from optical simulations and layouts to quantum measurement techniques. I am a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration since 2009, a member of the Virgo Collaboration since 2019 and a member of the ET Collaboration since its inception in 2022.
Currently, I hold the following positions:
- Subsystem manager for optical simulation and design (OSD) at Virgo
- Optics work-package leader for ETpathfinder
- Modelling & Design Tools workpackage co-chair for the ET Collaboration
- Ombudsperson for the ET collaboration
- Member of the NWO Physics for Technology and Instrumentation panel
Expertises
- optical simulation and design
- quantum optics
- squeezed and entangled light
- nonclassical interferometry
Career history
- since 2025: Associate Professor (UHD) of Physics, Maastricht University
- since 2019: Assistant Professor (UD) of Physics, Maastricht University
- 2016 - 2019: Postdoc in Nonlinear Quantum Optics, University of Hamburg, Germany
- 2015 - 2016: Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at Institute for Gravitational Research, Glasgow University, Scotland
- 2013 - 2015: Feodor-Lynen Fellow at Institute for Gravitational Research, Glasgow University, Scotland
- 2013: PhD in physics, Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany