PhD Students

Pedram Bassirian

Pedram Bassirian

Joint PhD - University of Oxford/MPGC-QM
Research Topic: Investigation of novel skyrmion systems: Study of new sample designs and material compositions with a key focus on the applicability for spintronics.
Methods/Instruments: MBE (Phosphorous/Arsenic), XRD, XPS, SQUID, Micromagnetic Simulations (OOMMF, mumax3), XMCD, STXM
Anirban Chakraborty

Anirban Chakraborty

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Van der waals heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: device fabrication, electrical measurements (PPMS, Bluefors), MFM
Souvik Das

Souvik Das

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Visualizing topological states of matter by low-temperature STM and STS
Methods/Instruments: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Scanning Tunneling Spectrocopy (STS)
Mihir Date

Mihir Date

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Spectroscopic signatures of correlations in low-dimensional systems
Methods/Instruments: ARPES, DFT, theoretical models
Jitul Deka

Jitul Deka

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: 2D Materials and 3D-Nanoelectronics
Methods/Instruments: MANGO, CVD, clean room
Anvesh Dixit

Anvesh Dixit

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Quantum electromagnetic induction effects in topological materials
Methods/Instruments: molecular beam epitaxy, FIB, cryogenic transport measurements
Gabriele Domaine

Gabriele Domaine

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Investigation of topological phases of matter in nodal superconductors
Methods/Instruments: ARPES, tight-binding models
Lukas Fischer

Lukas Fischer

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Resonant phenomena in magnetic domain wall motion
Methods/Instruments: Kerr microscopy, nano-fabrication, ferromagnetic resonance, high frequency electronics
Ke Gu

Ke Gu

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Investigation of novel freestanding heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: PLD, lithography, device fabrication, MOKE, PPMS
Jingrong Ji

Jingrong Ji

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: MBE growth and STM characterizaiton of 2D materials
Methods/Instruments: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)
Ivan Kindiak

Ivan Kindiak

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Spin-polarized supercurrent in magnetic-superconducting hybrid heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: Cryogenic transport measurements, magnetic characterization (squid, VSM), microwave transport measurements, nanofabrication
Ajesh Kollakuzhiyil Gopi

Ajesh Kollakuzhiyil Gopi

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Topological textures and 2D materials
Methods/Instruments: PPMS, clean room, glove box, Kerr microscopy
Chris Körner

Chris Körner

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Research Topic: Nano Scale Spin Dynamics Detected by Optical Methods
Methods/Instruments: SNOM, BLS, Nitrogen-vacancy microscopy, Kerr microscopy
Sergio Leiva

Sergio Leiva

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Research Topic: Spin and orbital Edelstein effect
Methods/Instruments: Semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory, electron-spin Hamiltonian
Guanmin Li

Guanmin Li

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Novel Devices and architecture for oscillator-based computation network
Methods/Instruments: PLD, Nano-device fabrication, multi-probe stage
Yung-Cheng Li

Yung-Cheng Li

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Magnetic Dynamics in Next Generation Devices
Methods/Instruments: nanofabrication, Kerr microscopy, probe station, high frequency measurement, magnetic characterization
Prajwal Rigvedi Madhusudan Rao

Prajwal Rigvedi Madhusudan Rao

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Electrical manipulation of non collinear Anti-ferromagnets
Methods/Instruments: MANGO, XRSD, PPMS, MPMS, lithography, probe station
Anagha Mathew

Anagha Mathew

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Ultrafast control of Berry-curvature-driven transport via spin-torque excitation of chiral antiferromagnets
Methods/Instruments: MANGO, PPMS, XRD, AFM
Emily McFarlane

Emily McFarlane

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Growth and spectroscopy of hybrid semiconductor-superconductor interfaces
Methods/Instruments: Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)
Robin Neumann

Robin Neumann

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Research Topic: Macroscopic Signatures of Magnon Topology and Bosonic Quasiparticles in Magnetic Insulators
Methods/Instruments: Spin Hamiltonians, Monte Carlo method, Spin-to-boson transformations, statistical-mechanical theory of noninteracting bosons, Kubo linear response theory
Torje Orlamünde

Torje Orlamünde

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Research Topic: Polymeric Ionic Liquid: Micro-segregated Polymers as Gating Materials
Methods/Instruments: TEM, XRD, in-situ Raman spectroscopy, SERS (surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy), DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), Rheology, BDS (Broadband Dielectric Dpectroscopy), XPS, in-situ AFM
Anshuman Padhi

Anshuman Padhi

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Generation and tuning of unconventional superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: device fabrication, MBE, XRD, AFM, STM, PPMS
Atul Pandey

Atul Pandey

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Ultrafast opto-electric experiments with chiral antiferromagnets
Methods/Instruments: SNOM, PPMS, Ultrafast lasers, EBL
Mingqun Qi

Mingqun Qi

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Emergent ferromagnetism and potential spin textures in oxide thin films
Methods/Instruments: Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD)
Ismael Ribeiro de Assis

Ismael Ribeiro de Assis

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Research Topic: Optimization of the skyrmion motion for racetrack and neuromorphic applications
Methods: micromagnetic simulations
Matthias Rohmer

Matthias Rohmer

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Research Topic: Photo-switchabel helical chirality to modulate the CISS effect
Methods/Instruments: organic synthesis, CD spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry
Pranava Keerthi Sivakumar

Pranava Keerthi Sivakumar

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Spin-orbit coupling induced transport effects in superconducting heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: Exfoliation, optical and electron beam lithography, low temperature electronic measurements
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Kajal Tiwari

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Investigation of near field light-matter interaction in transformational materials
Methods/Instruments: cryo-SNOM, PPMS, cleanroom, glovebox
Zhong Wang

Zhong Wang

Jointly with MPGC-QM
Research Topic: VO2 devices for reservoir computing
Methods/Instruments: Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), lithography, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Yufeng  Wu

Yufeng Wu

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Spin-triplet Superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: clean room, device fabrication, electronic transport measurements
Yishen Xie

Yishen Xie

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Molecular intercalation induced chiral superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: optical microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), glove box, Bluefors
Jiabao Yang

Jiabao Yang

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: Correlation physics of 2D heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: ARPES
Zihan Yin

Zihan Yin

MPI of Microstructure Physics
Research Topic: 2D materials - domain wall motion and optical measurements
Methods/Instruments: TEM, glove box, FIB

Collection of portrait photographs of Alumni of the IMPRS
Within the framework of the IMPRS already 11 PhD-students from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure physics (MPI) received their doctoral degree.
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