Alumni
We congratulate all former students of IMPRS-CPQM on completing their PhD, and wish them all the best for their future career.
Here you can find a list of all our former students, sorted by date of graduation.
Seojin Kim
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in December 2025
Research project under the supervision of Dr. H. Rosner
Thesis: "Electronic structure and physical properties of 3d delafossite chalcogenide AgCrX₂ (X = S, Se, Te)"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
Teuta Neziraj
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in October 2025
Research project under the supervision of Prof. J. Grin and Dr. U. Schwarz
Thesis: "High-Pressure Synthesis and Characterization of Rare-Earth Silicides and Ternary Magnesium-Bismuth Phases"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden
Max Pelly
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in October 2025.
Research project under the supervision of Dr. A. Rost
Thesis: "High Precision Thermodynamic Measurements and their Application to Quantum Materials"
Current position: Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews
Sebastian Buchberger
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in June 2025
Research project under the supervision of Prof. Phil King and Dr. H. Zhang
Thesis: "Probing and controlling charge order in van der Waals heterostructures of TiSe₂"
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of St Andrews
Pavlo Khanenko
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in June 2025.
Research project under the supervision of Dr. M. Brando
Thesis: "Magnetic, quadrupolar, and superconducting states observed in CeRh2As2 by means of thermodynamic measurements"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Dorsa Fartab
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in May 2025
Research project under the supervision of Dr. H. Zhang
Thesis: "Ionic-controlled electrostatic and electrochemical doping effects on elemental thin tellurium (Te) samples"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, DresdenJosé Guimaraes
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in April 2025
Research project under the supervision of Dr. H. Zhang
Thesis: "Investigating and Manipulating Electronic Transport Properties of Intercalated Transition Metal Dichalcogenides"
Natalia Gloriozova
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in September 2024.
Research project under the supervision of Prof. J. Grin and Dr. P. Höhn
Thesis: "Nitridochromates of Alkaline-Earth Metals: Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Chia-Chi Yu
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in July 2024
Research project under the supervision of Prof. J. Grin and M. Baitinger
Thesis: "Gallides of Alkali-Metals: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Characterization, and Reactivity"
Current position: Principle Engineer in the R&D department, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Michal Moravec
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in March 2024
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie
Thesis: "From Ohmic to Non-Local Transport in Delafossite Metals"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
Anđela Živanović
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in February 2024
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie and Prof. Phil King
Thesis: "Imaging and manipulating the band structure of NbSe2 and Ca3Ru2O7"
Izidor Benedicic
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in November 2023
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie and Dr. P. Wahl
Thesis: "Imaging surface magnetism in ruthenates" (link)
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Laura Agnarelli
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in October 2023
Research project under the supervision of Prof. J. Grin and Dr. A. Leithe-Jasper
Thesis: "Structural Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds of Beryllium and Magnesium with Late Transition Metals" (pdf)
Current position: postdoctoral researcher at CRISMAT laboratorie, CNRS in Caen, France
Ekta Singh
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in October 2023
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie, Dr. C. Hicks and Prof. L. Eng
Thesis: "Tuning domain wall conductivity in bulk LiNbO3 by uniaxial stress"
Current position: Team lead key account service at Nanosurf GmbH
Rebeca Ibarra
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in September 2023
Research project under the supervision of Dr. A. Markou and Prof. C. Felser
Thesis: “Study of Magnetic and Magnetotransport properties of epitaxial MnPtGa and Mn2Rh1−xIrxSn Heusler Thin Films” (pdf)
Edgar Abarca Morales
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in March 2023
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie, Dr. C. Hicks and Prof. P. King
Thesis: "Angle-resolved photoemission studies of uniaxial stress-driven Lifshitz transitions in the bulk and surface electronic structure of Sr2RuO4" (link)
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
Janas Kunnelakat John
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in November 2022
Research project under the supervision of Dr. M. Nicklas
Thesis: “Investigations of the heavy fermion superconductors CeRhIn5 and PrOs4Sb12 by hydrostatic and uniaxial pressure tuning”
Jacintha Banda
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in April 2022
Research project under the supervision of Dr. M. Brando
Thesis: “Thermodynamic studies of non-Kondo Ce- and Yb-based intermetallics”Po-Ya Yang
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in February 2022
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie, Dr. C. Hicks and Prof. M. Vojta
Thesis: "Probing Hund's-Metal Physics through the Hall Effect in Microstructured Sr2RuO4 under Uniaxial Stress” (pdf)
Belén Zúñiga
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in February 2022
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie, Prof. Lukas Eng and Prof. C. Felser
Thesis: “Magnetic Properties and Domains in the Uniaxial Ferromagnet Mn1.4PtSn and the Non-collinear Antiferromagnet Mn3Pt under Strain” (pdf)
Dijana Milosavljevic
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in January 2022
Research project under the supervision of Dr. H. Rosner
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle
Iryna Zelenina
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in January 2022
Research project under the supervision of Dr. P. Simon and Prof. J. Grin
Thesis: "Studies on structural complexity by transmission electron microscopy"
Current position: R&D engineer - 3D integration at imec in Leuven, BelgiumVanda Pereira
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in January 2022
Research project under the supervision of Prof. Hao Tjeng and Dr. Simone Altendorf
Thesis: "In situ studies of Bi2Te3 thin films and interfaces grown by molecular beam epitaxy" (pdf)
Current position: Technology Integrator at Infineon Technologies Manufacturing, Porto.
Ana Barrios
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in January 2022
Research project under the supervision of Dr. Iryna Antonyshyn and Prof. J. Grin
Thesis: "Pt-based Intermetallic Compounds as Precursors for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Electrocatalysis"Elina Zhakina
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in December 2021
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie
Thesis: "Investigation of transport regimes in restricted geometries of ultra-pure natural heterostructures" (link)
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
Clemens Schindler
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in October 2021
Research project under the supervision of Dr. Johannes Gooth and Prof. C. Felser
Thesis: "Uniaxial-stress response, electron-phonon interaction, and magnetic interactions in topological semimetals and narrow-gap semiconductors" (pdf)
Current position: Technology Development at JENOPTIK Optical Systems, DresdenDibyashree Chakraborti
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in September 2021
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie and Dr. P. Wahl
Thesis: "STM imaging of strongly correlated materials with spin orbit coupling" (link)Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at S.N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences at Kolkata, India
Alexandr Sukhanov
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in March 2021
Research project under supervision of Prof. D. Inosov and Prof. C. Felser
Thesis: "Neutron Scattering Study of Noncollinear Magnets"
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of AugsburgPeter Swekis
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in April 2021.
Research project under the supervision of Prof. C. Felser
Thesis: "Magnetic and Magnetotransport Properties of Topological MnxPtSn and Co2MnGa Heusler Thin Films"Current position: Researcher for epitaxial growth of group III/V materials at imec in Leuven, Belgium
Julia Hübner
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in March 2021
Research project under the supervision of Prof. J. Grin and Dr. U. Schwarz
Thesis: "Beiträge zu Verbindungen von Silicium und Germanium mit Erdalkali- und Seltenerdmetallen unter Druck" (pdf) ("Contributions to compounds of silicon and germanium with alkaline earth and rare earth metals under high-pressure conditions")
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Lund University, SwedenFabian Jerzembeck
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in November 2020
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie, Dr. C. Hicks and Prof. H.-H. Klauß
Thesis: "Uniaxial Pressure Studies of the Unconventional Superconductor Sr2RuO4" (pdf)
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
Igor Marković
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in April 2020
Research project under the supervision of Prof. A. Mackenzie and Prof. P. King
Thesis: "Interplay of spin-orbit coupling and crystal symmetries in the electronic structures of NbGeSb and Ca3Ru2O7" (link)
Current position: Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham, joint appointment with Diamond Light Source
Stanislav Nikitin
Graduated from IMPRS-CPQM in February 2020
Research project under the supervision of Dr. O. Stockert
Thesis: "Competing magnetic interactions in 4f-based magnets studied by neutron scattering" (pdf)
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland)