Plasma-Spin-Energy

Plasma-Spin-Energy

German-Ukrainian Core of Excellence

January 09, 2025

With the unilateral funding program “Establishing German-Ukrainian Excellence Centers (CoE) in Ukraine”, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting the establishment of excellent German-Ukrainian working groups in Ukraine, thereby expanding bilateral research and development expertise on a sustainable basis. The project administrative assistance is provided by German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU).


The main goal of the CoE “Plasma-Spin-Energy” is to bring together novel spintronics and plasma technologies involving Ukrainian scientists from all over the world to perform groundbreaking research for the benefit of Ukrainian science and economy and for the implementation of priority programs of the European Union.

Core of Excellence (CoE) is being established in cooperation beetween the Max Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics (MPI) in Halle, Germany, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Karazin University) and National Science Centre "Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology" (KIPT) in Ukraine. The CoE will bring together the world-leading expertise of the MPI Halle in the fabrication and design of atomically engineered spintronic materials and devices, with the extensive knowledge of Karazin University and KIPT in plasma physics and technology. The Head of CoE is Prof. Dr. Oleksii Chechkin who is an internationally recognized theoretician working in the fields of kinetic theory and stochastic processes, which include, inter-alia, both the deposition of nanostructures from highly non-equilibrium plasma flows and stochastic dynamics of magnetic domains in spintronic devices.

The CoE gives an opportunity for talented Ukrainian junior scientists to earn a doctorate or work as postdocs under excellent research conditions and with strong partners.

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