André Mudry

Master's student in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology Zurich)
Email: anmudry@ethz.ch

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

About Me

I am interested in all applications of abstract mathematics to nature and technology. Currently, I am finishing my Master's in Applied Mathematics with specialization in theoretical physics, as well as completing my didactic certificate for mathematics.

My current research focuses on exotic phases of quantum matter using tools from algebraic topology. To be precise, I am woking on classifying (para)fermionic invertible topological phases in 1+1D via group cohomology. I am also collaborating on the design of a superconducting platform to simulate curved spaces and manifolds. I wrote my first reserach project in 2020, which described a higher-dimensional group testing protocol to identify COVID-19 infections.

I am a fellow of the Swiss Study Foundation since 2023. I currently volunteer for a Swiss non-partisan voting education organization.

Research Interests

• Applications of mathematics to physics and computer science
• Topological condensed matter physics
• Mathematics of quantum information
• Quantum simulation and computing

Publications and Research Projects

• Classification and Stacking of 1D Parafermionic Invertible and Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases

  André Mudry and Ömer Aksoy
  Independent research collaboration with MIT, 2026. Manuscript in preparation.

  Builds on the classification developed in my master’s thesis to determine stacking rules for one-dimensional parafermionic phases.

• Classification of Parafermionic Invertible Topological Phases of Matter in One-Dimensional Space

  Master’s thesis, ETH Zurich, 2026; in collaboration with MIT.

  Supervisors: Prof. Xiao-Gang Wen (MIT), Prof. Gian Michele Graf (ETH Zurich), and Dr. Ömer Aksoy (MIT).

  Read thesis

• Graph-based emulation of d-dimensional curved spaces with superconducting arrays

  Mehmet Dede, Guilherme Delfino, André L.G. Mudry, Junseok Oh, Andrew P. Higginbotham, Christopher Mudry, and Claudio Chamon

  Preprint, 2026. Submitted for publication; under review.

  Related semester thesis: Josephson Arrays as a Platform to Simulate Curved Spaces (2025, ETH Zurich and Boston University).

  Thesis supervisors: Prof. Claudio Chamon (Boston University) and Prof. Manfred Sigrist (ETH Zurich).

  Read preprint on arXiv

• Invertible Topological Phases of Matter Protected by Z_N × Z_N Symmetries

  Semester thesis, ETH Zurich, 2025; in collaboration with MIT.

  Investigates the duality between one-dimensional bosonic clock models and parafermionic models through the Fradkin–Kadanoff transformation.

  Supervisors: Prof. Manfred Sigrist (ETH Zurich), Prof. Xiao-Gang Wen (MIT), and Dr. Ömer Aksoy (MIT).

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• Invertible Topological Phases of Matter in One Dimension

  Bachelor’s thesis, ETH Zurich, 2024; in collaboration with MIT.

  Supervisors: Prof. Manfred Sigrist (ETH Zurich), Prof. Xiao-Gang Wen (MIT), and Dr. Ömer Aksoy (MIT).

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• Pooling to optimize mass testing: Group Testing Protocols in Higher Dimensions to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

  André L.G. Mudry
  Junge Wissenschaft, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 2022.

  Independent research originating from my high-school graduation project.

  Published article · Compact version (PRL style)

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