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Professor Menno Poot leads a research group at the Technical University of Munich focusing on quantum technologies. His research interests include studying the dynamics of nanomechanical resonators at extremely low temperatures, approaching absolute zero. The behavior of these resonators in their quantum ground state is probed using highly sensitive optomechanical techniques. His group also investigates integrated quantum optics, specifically photonic chips designed to generate, manipulate, and detect single photons. A flexible platform developed by Professor Poot utilizes opto-electromechanical devices to control the paths photons take, along with superconducting single-photon detectors. He has a solid academic background, having studied Applied Physics at TU Delft, where he also obtained his PhD from the university's Kavli Institute of Nanoscience. Before joining TUM, he was a Rubicon Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. In 2017, he was appointed the Rudolph Mößbauer Professor in the Physics Department at TUM.