Daniel Schwienbacher was member of the Gross group at WMI as a master and Ph.D. stundent between 2015 and 2021.

Master Thesis: Circuit Nano-electromechanics, Transmon Qubits, Nano-strings and Resonators (May 2016)
Ph.D. Thesis: Coupling phenomena in Nanomechanical Hybrid Systems  (March 2021)

In his Ph.D. thesis, Daniel Schwienbacher was working on solid-state based hybrid quantum systems. He investigated three facets of nanomechanics: (i) dynamics in resonator networks, (ii) sensing applications and (iii) nano-electromechanics. These aspects allowed him to explore and identify mechanical dark states and investigate the complex excitation dynamics in a nano-string resonator network, investigate the impact of magnetostriction onto the mechanical properties of magnetic bi- and multi-layer nano-strings including the impact of an electrical circuit, and study possible integration schemes of nanostrings in superconducting qubits, respectively. 

He left WMI in July 2021 to join the Fundamental Quantum Technologies Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, of the UNSW, Sydney, Australia.