• Topological band theory
• Hyperbolic metamaterials and crystallography
• Open and periodically driven quantum systems
• Unconventional and topological superconductivity

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2023 - present: SNSF Professor at the Department of Physics at the University of Zürich, Switzerland.

2019 - 2023: Ambizione postdoctoral fellowship at Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. Simultaneously, associated senior scientist in the group of Prof. Titus Neupert at the University of Zürich, Switzerland.

2017 - 2019: Moore postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, USA.

2013 - 2017: Doctoral degree in the group of Prof. Manfred Sigrist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

2010 - 2013: Master degree in Theoretical Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

2007 - 2010: Bachelor degree in Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

(complete publication list)

Non-Abelian hyperbolic band theory from supercells
P. M. Lenggenhager, J. Maciejko, and T. Bzdus̆ek 
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 226401 (2023)

Simulating hyperbolic space on a circuit board
P. M. Lenggenhager, A. Stegmaier, L.K. Upreti, T. Hofmann, T. Helbig, A. Vollhardt, M. Greiter, C.H. Lee, S. Imhof, H. Brand, T. Kiessling, I. Boettcher, T. Neupert, R. Thomale, and T. Bzdus̆ek 
Nat. Commun. 13, 4373 (2022)

From triple-point materials to multiband nodal links
P. M. Lenggenhager, X. Liu, S. S. Tsirkin, T. Neupert, and T. Bzdušek
Phys. Rev. B 103, L121101 (2021)

Non-Abelian Reciprocal Braiding of Weyl Nodes and its Manifestation in ZrTe
A. Bouhon, Q.S. Wu, R.-J. Slager, H. Weng, O. V. Yazyev, and T. Bzdušek
Nat. Phys. 16, 1137—1143 (2020)

Non-Abelian band topology in non-interacting metals
Q.S. Wu, A. A. Soluyanov, and T. Bzdušek
Science 365, 1273—1277 (2019)

Conversion Rules for Weyl Points and Nodal Lines in Topological Media
X.-Q. Sun, S.-C. Zhang, and T. Bzdušek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 106402 (2018)

Robust doubly charged nodal lines and nodal surfaces in centrosymmetric systems
T. Bzdušek and M. Sigrist
Phys. Rev. B 96, 155105 (2017)

Nodal-chain metals
T. Bzdušek, Q.S. Wu, A. Rüegg, M. Sigirst, and A. A. Soluyanov
Nature 538, 75—78 (2016)

• Starting Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2023 – 2028)
• Ambizione fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2019 – 2023)
• The Silver Medal of ETH Zürich and the Dimitris N. Chorafas Prize in recognition of my doctoral thesis (both 2018)
• Moore fellowship by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (2017 – 2019)
• Second prize at the 17th International Mathematics Competition (2011)
• Gold medal at the 38th International Physics Olympiad (2007)