Yongtao Li

I am a PhD candidate in the Quantum Materials for Quantum Technologies (Q4Q) group at ICMM-CSIC, under the supervision of José Carlos Abadillo-Uriel and Rubén Seoane Souto.

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Shenzhen University in 2022 and my Master’s degree from the Niels Bohr Institute in 2024.

During my Master’s project, I began working on superconductors and hybrid devices under the supervision of Jens Paaske, focusing on sub-gap states—Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states and Andreev bound states—induced by magnetic impurities in s-wave superconductors or by the proximity effect in Josephson junctions with spin–orbit coupling.

Currently, my thesis focuses on hole spin qubits in germanium-based semiconductor and hybrid (semiconductor–superconductor) systems. Building on the understanding of hole systems, I aim to explore topological superconductivity and the emergence of Majorana bound states in hole-like semiconductors.

Beyond my specific research focus, I am broadly interested in physics across all energy scales, including both high-energy and condensed matter physics. I greatly enjoy learning from people in different fields and value interdisciplinary exchange.