Noah Allwicher

Physics, Skiing & Painting

[email protected]


Education

University of Oxford, Master's Thesis

  • Feb. 2025 - Sep. 2025: Conducting my master’s thesis in the Laser Physics Department under the supervision of Dr. Bentine

  • Title: Reducing motion artefacts in optical saturation measurements

  • Full scholarship from the Sheffield CF Facility covering the university fees, accommodation and food

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, MSc Physics

  • Sep. 2024 - current : Built a pulse modulation system using 4f optics, programmable components, and precision motor control

  • Relevant coursework: data analysis and machine learning for physicists, quantum optics, and system design

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, BSc Physics

  • Sep. 2021 - Sep. 2024: Comprehensive foundation in theoretical and experimental physics: quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and quantum electronics

  • Embedded training in data analysis and numerical methods, along with a dedicated computer science lecture

  • Built and analyzed a quantum optics experiment on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)


Work Experience

Research Intern, 清华大学, Dept. of Tsinghua Precision Instruments, Beijing

  • Aug. 2025 - Sep. 2025: Team measurements and Python analysis on nanoscale zero-index metawaveguides

  • Presented research at universities in Beijing and Guangzhou

Teaching Assistant, ETH Zurich, University, Zurich

  • Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023: Teaching assistant for Prof. Ensslin in the course Physics I

  • Awarded by student association for the best assistant: VMP Assistant Award

Summer Intern, Wanders Wagner, Engineering and Architecture, Dubai

  • Aug. 2023 - Sep. 2023: Worked on the facade of a four-story apartment building, now under construction on Al-Wash Street

  • Emphasize on strong communication between the engineers and developers


Design & Creative Engineering Projects

Reducing motion artefact in optical saturation measurements, Oxford

  • 25 Weeks, 2025: Atomic and Laser Physics Dept., Dr. Elliot Bentine

  • Designed a sensor interface to reduce motion artefacts in optical oxygen measurements (>$3.5B pulse oximetry market)

  • Built and tested an optical measurement setup (calibration, alignment, repeatability) and implemented Monte Carlo simulations in Python and microcontroller control in C

Pulse Modulator for Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire Laser , Zurich

  • 12 Weeks, 2024: Optical Nanomaterial Group, Prof. Rachel Grange

  • Designed and built pulse stretcher and dispersion compressor in a free space 4f-system for a Ti:Sapphire laser

  • Programmed motorized iris control and quantified chirp from fiber-coupled delay lines, and combined optics, feedback systems, and physical interface design to shape light dynamically

Speculative Skyscraper Design – Helmut-Rhode-Förderpreis, Düsseldorf

  • 2019: Award-winning speculative skyscraper concept on urban vertical futures

  • Awarded for design thinking, presentation quality, and urban systems innovation; Concept exhibited at the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf and featured in a regional competition