A Quick Bio
Meet Bahadir

Bahadır Dönmez is a master’s student at ETH Zürich in Switzerland where he is pursuing a degree in Quantum Engineering.
Childhood
Born in Erzincan, an eastern province of Türkiye, Bahadır Dönmez began to show an interest in building things at age 4. As a kid he was attracted to Lego bricks, magnets and toy train engines. His childhood curiosity has evolved into a passion for engineering and science as he started to learn physics and math in school.
Early Education
In 2014 he graduated from Istanbul Erkek Lisesi, which is a German International School and one of the oldest high schools of Türkiye. After acquiring his Abitur Diploma, he was admitted to the Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Later, he extended his studies for an additional year to get a second bachelor’s degree in Physics.
Life in Switzerland
The combination of his strong desire to advance technology to help humanity and insatiable hunger for understanding how the universe works led him to choose a field of study that incorporates both engineering and physics. After leaving Istanbul, he headed to ETH Zurich in Switzerland to pursue a master’s degree in Quantum Engineering.
Personal Life
For Visual Learners

When he is not busy with learning quantum science or VLSI design, he enjoys dancing tango, volunteering, coding, reading history and having coffee with friends.
Hobbies
Tango
Learning Tango Fusion, a combination of Tango Argentino steps with the elements of improvisation and freestyle dance.
Zurich, Switzerland, 2021.
Board Games
Playing The Settlers of Catan with fellow Quantum Engineers.
Zurich, Switzerland, 2019.
Chess
Language Learning
Cooking
Baking tiger shaped cookies for Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), honoring the Year of the Tiger.
Zurich, Switzerland, 2022.
Preparing homemade sushi rolls with salmon, pepperoni and scrambled eggs.
Zurich, Switzerland, 2021.
Cooking Lahmacun (also known as Turkish Pizza) with my flatmates.
Zurich, Switzerland, 2020.
Graphic Design
Web Design
Coding
Meditation
Reading
Volunteering
Traveling
Football
Skiing
Running
Hiking
Interests
Coffee
Music
Deep Chat
Quantum Computing
History
Minimalism
Entrepreneurship
Investing
