Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Haider

Michael Haider studied electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he received his Dr.-Ing. degree with highest distinctions (summa cum laude) in 2019. He received the VDE ITG Dissertation Award 2020 for his outstanding dissertation on the description of stochastic electromagnetic fields. He then worked as a research associate and later as deputy group leader at the Computational Photonics Group at TUM. From 2023 to 2025, he held a position there as a tenured Senior Staff Scientist (Akademischer Rat).

Prof. Haider's research is at the interface of electrical engineering, photonics, and quantum sciences. He deals with the theoretical description and numerical modeling of superconducting and optoelectronic quantum devices. As an expert in stochastic electromagnetic fields, he also works on stochastic methods for describing light-matter interactions. The main focus of his work is the investigation of nonlinear optical processes using second quantization and semiclassical approximations, as well as the development of amplifiers for microwave signal processing in quantum computing.

Prof. Haider has extensive teaching experience, covering both large introductory lectures and specialized modules in the fields of quantum and field theory. He is passionate about bringing the often abstract field of electromagnetic theory to life for students, equipping them with the tools they need to confidently explore these complex theoretical concepts on their own.He has co-authored more than 100 scientific publications in renowned journals and international conferences and is a member of the IEEE professional association, the Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE), and SPIE.

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