Beatrix C. Hiesmayr (born 1975)[1] is an Austrian physicist who studies quantum mechanics and quantum information theory from a combination of theoretical and experimental points of view.[2] She is a privatdozent at the University of Vienna,[3] where she heads the Quantum Particle Workgroup.[4]
Hiesmayr is originally from Vienna, and was a student in physics at the University of Vienna,[2] completing her doctorate in 2002.[5]
Her postdoctoral studies have included positions at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Masaryk University, Sofia University, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and University of Salzburg.[5]
Hiesmayr's doctoral dissertation won both the Bank Austria Award and the Victor Franz Hess Award of the Austrian Physical Society.[2]
She was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2019.[6]