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Nelson Darkwah Oppong

Nelson Darkwah Oppong


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California Institute of Technology
1200 E California Blvd.
MC 103-33
Pasadena, CA 91125

Office: East Bridge 101
Lab: Downs-Lauritsen B105

Academic employment
2025 - present Caltech, Assistant Professor of Physics
2023 - 2025 Caltech, Visiting Associate in Physics
2022 - 2025 JILA / CU Boulder, Postdoc; Advisor: A. Kaufman
2021 - 2022 LMU Munich, Postdoc; Advisor: M. Aidelsburger
Education
2016 - 2021 LMU Munich / MPQ, Ph. D. in Physics; Advisors: I. Bloch and S. Fölling
2011 - 2016 ETH Zurich, B. Sc. & M. Sc. in Physics
2015 - 2016 JILA / CU Boulder, Master's thesis work, Advisor: J. Ye
2013 National University of Singapore
Fellowships
2022 - 2024 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2016 - 2019 International Max Planck Research School QST
2011 - 2016 German Academic Scholarship Foundation