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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Machine learning for hidden order detection and large-scale material simulation

Supervisors: Dr. Yang Zhang, Prof. Dr. Jeroen van den Brink, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser more

Bismuth-rich topological materials: From discovery to devices

Bismuth-rich topological materials: From discovery to devices

Chemistry Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Eteri Svanidze, Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck more

Geometric control of superconductivity in three dimensional nanoarchitectures

Geometric control of superconductivity in three dimensional nanoarchitectures

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Claire Donnelly, Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Fomin more

Nanofabrication of MISFIT Single Crystals

Nanofabrication of MISFIT Single Crystals

Chemistry Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Dr. Sushmita Chandra, Dr. Nicola Poccia, Dr. Chandra Shekar more

Nanoscopy of Topological Phases in Polaritonic Media

Nanoscopy of Topological Phases in Polaritonic Media

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Lukas Eng, Dr. Fabian Menges more

Probing giant elastic coupling in exotic magnets and superconductors

Probing giant elastic coupling in exotic magnets and superconductors

Experiment Physics

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

Strain tuning of topological magnetic textures

Strain tuning of topological magnetic textures

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Claire Donnelly, Dr. Elena Gati more

Towards nanodevices made of exotic actinide-based materials

Towards nanodevices made of exotic actinide-based materials

Chemistry Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Eteri Svanidze, Dr. Uri Vool more

Exploring 2D van-der-Waals superconductors under uniaxial pressure

Exploring 2D van-der-Waals superconductors under uniaxial pressure

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Uri. Vool, Dr. Elena Gati, Dr. Nicola Poccia more

Chirality-induced quantum transport in heterostructures

Chirality-induced quantum transport in heterostructures

Chemistry Physics Theory

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Dr. Yang Zhang more

Advanced synthesis and characterization of Hg-based materials

Advanced synthesis and characterization of Hg-based materials

Chemistry Experiment Physics

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

Angle-resolved photoemission from tailored mesostructures

Angle-resolved photoemission from tailored mesostructures

Experiment Physics

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

Hybrid Quantum Systems by combining Superconducting Electromagnetic Circuits with Quantum Materials

Hybrid Quantum Systems by combining Superconducting Electromagnetic Circuits with Quantum Materials

Experiment Physics

Supervisor: Dr. Uri Vool, Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner more

Imaging 3D spin textures with a quantum sensor

Imaging 3D spin textures with a quantum sensor

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Claire Donnelly, Dr. Uri Vool more

Imaging Quantum Materials with Scanning Quantum magnetometry

Imaging Quantum Materials with Scanning Quantum magnetometry

Experiment Physics

Supervisor: Dr. Uri Vool, Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner more

In-situ handles on topology and correlations in quantum matter

In-situ handles on topology and correlations in quantum matter

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Marein Rahn, Dr. Elena Gati more

Novel multi-phase superconductor

Novel multi-phase superconductor

Experiment Physics

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

Resonant scattering studies of spin-orbit entangled electrons

Resonant scattering studies of spin-orbit entangled electrons

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jochen Geck, Dr. Marein Rahn, Prof. Dr. Liu Hao Tjeng more

Simultaneous thermodynamics and spectroscopy

Simultaneous thermodynamics and spectroscopy

Experiment Physics

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

Structure of spin liquids under uniaxial pressure

Structure of spin liquids under uniaxial pressure

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Elena Gati, Prof. Dr. Jochen Geck more

Unconventional states explored by thermal transport

Unconventional states explored by thermal transport

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Elena Hassinger, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie more

Epitaxial thin films and heterostructures of chiral topological semimetals

Epitaxial thin films and heterostructures of chiral topological semimetals

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Edouard Lesne, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Dr. Bernd Rellinghaus, Dr. Darius Pohl more

Imaging emergent phases of matter

Imaging emergent phases of matter

Experiment Physics

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

Pressure-tuning strongly correlated unconventional superconductors and frustrated metallic systems

Pressure-tuning strongly correlated unconventional superconductors and frustrated metallic systems

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Michael Nicklas, Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Klauß more

Search for high temperature superconductivity using uniaxial pressure

Search for high temperature superconductivity using uniaxial pressure

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Peter Wahl, Dr. Clifford Hicks more

Ultra-high conductivity oxide metals

Ultra-high conductivity oxide metals

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Phil King, Dr. Andreas Rost more

Gate tuning of 2D Quantum Materials

Gate tuning of 2D Quantum Materials

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Phil King, Dr. Haijing Zhang more

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

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

Experiment Physics

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

Synthesis, transport and thermodynamics of strongly correlated micro-crystals

Synthesis, transport and thermodynamics of strongly correlated micro-crystals

Chemistry Experiment Physics

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

Thermodynamics of designer quantum materials

Thermodynamics of designer quantum materials

Experiment Physics

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

Searching materials for three-dimensional quantum Hall effect

Searching materials for three-dimensional quantum Hall effect

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser more

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

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

Experiment Physics

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

Theory of spin liquids: Instabilities and defects

Theory of spin liquids: Instabilities and defects

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

Pressure-tuning of topological materials

Pressure-tuning of topological materials

Experiment Physics

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

Scanned Josephson Spectroscopy

Scanned Josephson Spectroscopy

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. James C. Davis more

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

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 more

Mesoscopic correlated electron and topological physics

Mesoscopic correlated electron and topological physics

Experiment Physics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Phil King. Dr. Andreas Rost, Dr. Haijing Zhang more