IMPRS-CPQM

Physics projects

In this list, we show all available PhD projects which have a strong component in the area of physics. Given the interdisciplinary character of our program, some of the projects listed below may also include components of other research fields such as chemistry or material science. You can find the complete list of all available projects - regardless of the research area - here.

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Altermagnetic and antialtermagnetic multiferroics

Supervisor: Dr. Libor Šmejkal

Exploring topological superconductivity in PtBi₂ with hybrid circuits

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Uri Vool, Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner

Hybrid Quantum Circuits with van der Waals Superconductors

Experiment Physics

Supervisor: Dr. Uri Vool

Symmetries of magnetic quantum materials

Supervisor: Dr. Libor Šmejkal

Unconventional magnetic tunnel junctions

Supervisor: Dr. Libor Šmejkal

New topological 4f quantum magnets beyond textbook

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Michael Baenitz, Dr. Helge Rosner, Prof. Dr. Dmytro Inosov

Chiral superconductivity and chirality control

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Jianfeng Ge, Prof. Dr.Stefan Kaiser, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser

Imaging Quantum Materials with Scanning Quantum magnetometry

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Uri Vool, Prof. Dr. Aparajita Singha

Theoretical investigation of topologically non-trivial superconductors and magnets

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van den Brink, Dr. Eteri Svanidze

Nanofabrication of MISFIT Single Crystals

Chemistry Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Dr. Sushmita Chandra

Probing giant elastic coupling in exotic magnets and superconductors

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Hilary Noad, Prof. Dr. Elena Gati, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Phil King

Advanced synthesis and characterization of arsenic-based materials

Chemistry Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Eteri Svanidze, Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck, Prof. Juri Grin

Angle-resolved photoemission from tailored mesostructures

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Phil King, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie

Novel multi-phase superconductor

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Seunghyun Khim, Dr. Manuel Brando, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza

Imaging emergent phases of matter

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Peter Wahl, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie

Non-oxy delafossites: unconventional spin orbit entangled magnetism and electron transport

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Michael Baenitz, Dr. Marcus Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza

Synthesis, transport and thermodynamics of strongly correlated micro-crystals

Chemistry Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Alexandra Gibbs, Dr. Andreas Rost, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie

Thermodynamics of designer quantum materials

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Andreas Rost, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie

Development of a Faraday magnetometer based on piezoresistors for very high magnetic fields

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Manuel Brando, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza

Theory of spin liquids: Instabilities and defects

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Matthias Vojta, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie

Pressure-tuning of topological materials

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Michael Nicklas, Dr. Michael Baenitz, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza

Exploring bulk Dirac- and Weyl-fermion magnetism by local probes: Nuclear-Spin and Muon-Spin resonance (NMR & µSR)

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Michael Baenitz, Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Klauß