Ronny Stolz received his Ph.D. and State Doctorate degrees in physics in 1995 and in 2006 from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany. In 1995 he joined Leibniz IPHT (at this time only IPHT) in Jena and since 2007 and 2010 he is head of the Magnetometry group and of the research group “Near surface geophysics” at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, respectively. Since 2019, he is head of the quantum systems department at the institute. In 2022, he became Honorary professor at the Technical University in Ilmenau with focus on Quantum engineering.
His research topics are the development of superconducting and quantum electronics, especially
- Quantum sensing and metrology using SQUID sensors and optically pumped magnetometers,
- Quantum computation with superconducting qubits,
- Superconducting radiation detectors,
- Hybrid, superconducting and photonic, circuits.
His group at Leibniz IPHT develops and researches on high precision measurements and applications using these devices for instance in geophysical instrumentation such as SQUID based receivers for electromagnetic measurements and Full Tensor Magnetic Gradiometry for exploration and archaeology.
Publications: >265 scientific papers, >150 technical reports and other works (July 2025), 3 book chapters and several patents including 4 patent families.
Membership professional societies: FLUXONICS, German Physical and Geophysical Society/FKPE
Honors and Awards such as
2024 SAGA 2024 Industry Innovation Award
2017 ESAS Award for Excellence, EUCAS2017, Geneva (Switzerland)
2015 Gold medal from the International Trade Fair for “Ideas, Inventions, Innovations” (iENA) in Nuremberg
2012 Thuringian Research Award, category Transfer, Erfurt (Germany)
2007 International Mining Research Award for the IPHT team, London (UK)
2005 and 2003 Innovations award of IPHT
2003 Ron Ono Memorial Award, ISEC2003, Sydney (Australia)
Researcher ID: W-3760-2017
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-5629-4672
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B8PQJgYAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Identifier: 7004085770
