Lisa Wörner is a researcher with the German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.). Her main interest is in the area of quantum technologies, especially matter-wave interferometry. In her past she investigated the limits of quantum physics under the premise of observing the collapse of the wave-function in high-mass interferometry. Her focus has shifted towards atom interferometry and its application to tackle open challenges. 

One such area is the application of cold atoms in measuring non-gravitational accelerations in gravity field recovery missions around Earth and other celestial bodies. A space-borne atom interferometer can, however, be deployed for many other applications, such as to support fundamental science, navigation without GNSS or star trackers, gravitational gradient measurements, atmospheric probing, time keeping, and, quantum information networks. It is her ambition to build sensors that support as many of these applications as possible to support life on Earth and improve our understanding of the universe. 

 Within DLR Lisa works at the institute for satellite geodesy and inertial sensing (DLR-SI / www.dlr.de/en/si), which is equipped to investigate all of these areas.