Felix Leditzky

Contact Information

Department of Mathematics
204B Harker Hall
1305 W Green St
Urbana, IL 61801
Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Mathematical and computational aspects of quantum information theory, in particular:

  • Quantum channels and their capacities
  • Additivity problems in information theory
  • Multipartite entanglement
  • Representation-theoretic methods in quantum information
  • Quantum teleportation, dense coding, state discrimination
  • Entropic quantities and their properties
  • Classical and quantum network information theory

Education

PhD in Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 2017 (thesis)
Diploma in Physics, University of Vienna, 2013 (thesis)
Diploma in Mathematics, University of Vienna, 2012 (thesis)

Awards and Honors

  • NSF CAREER Grant (2025)
  • N. Tenney Peck Teaching Award in Mathematics (UIUC, 2025)
  • Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professor (LEAP) Scholar (UIUC, 2023-25)
  • Arnold O. Beckman Research Award (UIUC, 2023-25)
  • David H. Blackwell Scholar (UIUC, 2023-25)
  • Smith-Knight and Rayleigh-Knight Prize (essay; University of Cambridge, 2015)

Courses Taught

Additional Campus Affiliations

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC

Recent Publications