Verena Johanna Brehm
About
I am a member of the QuSpin center and started my PhD with Alireza Qaiumzadeh in January 2020. Before I did my Masters degree in Physics at the University of Konstanz with Ulrich Nowak. We work numerically on the simulation of magnons (spin currents).
Please feel free to contact me any time. I am looking forward to talking to you, no matter if you are a student that needs some advice or a fellow researcher that wants to discuss some physics! :)
Publications
2025
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Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Sobieszczyk, Pawel;
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza.
(2025)
Intrinsic spin Nernst effect and chiral edge modes in van der Waals ferromagnetic insulators: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya versus Kitaev interactions.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
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Frostad, Therese;
Kristoffersen, Anne Louise;
Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Troncoso, Roberto E.;
Brataas, Arne;
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza.
(2025)
Stability of chiral magnon condensates in collinear antiferromagnetic insulators.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
2024
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Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Stagraczyński, Stefan;
Barnas, Jozef;
Dyrdal, Anna;
Javinani, Alireza Qaiumzadeh.
(2024)
Magnon dispersion and spin transport in CrCl3 bilayers under different strain-induced magnetic states.
PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
Academic article
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Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Sobieszczyk, Pawel;
Kløgetvedt, Jostein Nygård;
Evans, Richard F. L.;
Santos, Elton J. G.;
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza.
(2024)
Topological magnon gap engineering in van der Waals
CrI3 ferromagnets.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
2023
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Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Austefjord, Johannes Wiger;
Lepadatu, Serban;
Javinani, Alireza Qaiumzadeh.
(2023)
A proposal for leaky integrate-and-fire neurons by domain walls in antiferromagnetic insulators.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
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Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Gomonay, Olena;
Lepadatu, Serban;
Kläui, Mathias Michael;
Sinova, Jairo;
Brataas, Arne.
(2023)
Micromagnetic study of spin transport in easy-plane antiferromagnetic insulators.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
Journal publications
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Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Sobieszczyk, Pawel;
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza.
(2025)
Intrinsic spin Nernst effect and chiral edge modes in van der Waals ferromagnetic insulators: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya versus Kitaev interactions.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
-
Frostad, Therese;
Kristoffersen, Anne Louise;
Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Troncoso, Roberto E.;
Brataas, Arne;
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza.
(2025)
Stability of chiral magnon condensates in collinear antiferromagnetic insulators.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
-
Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Stagraczyński, Stefan;
Barnas, Jozef;
Dyrdal, Anna;
Javinani, Alireza Qaiumzadeh.
(2024)
Magnon dispersion and spin transport in CrCl3 bilayers under different strain-induced magnetic states.
PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
Academic article
-
Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Sobieszczyk, Pawel;
Kløgetvedt, Jostein Nygård;
Evans, Richard F. L.;
Santos, Elton J. G.;
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza.
(2024)
Topological magnon gap engineering in van der Waals
CrI3 ferromagnets.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
-
Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Austefjord, Johannes Wiger;
Lepadatu, Serban;
Javinani, Alireza Qaiumzadeh.
(2023)
A proposal for leaky integrate-and-fire neurons by domain walls in antiferromagnetic insulators.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Brehm, Verena Johanna;
Gomonay, Olena;
Lepadatu, Serban;
Kläui, Mathias Michael;
Sinova, Jairo;
Brataas, Arne.
(2023)
Micromagnetic study of spin transport in easy-plane antiferromagnetic insulators.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
Teaching
Autumn: TFY4165 - Termisk fysikk (undergraduate): lab
Spring:TFY4235 - Computational physics (master and PhD level): exercise sessions
Supervision
2022-2023: Jens A. Lyngaas (master thesis) : Neuromorphic computing with ferromagnetic nano-oscillators
2021-2022: Johannes W. Austefjord (master thesis): An antiferromagnetic and insulating leaky integrate-and-fire neuron and its application
Outreach
2025
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Academic lectureBrehm, Verena Johanna; Javinani, Alireza Qaiumzadeh. (2025) Intrinsic Spin Nernst Effect and Chiral Edge Modes in vdW Ferromagnetic Insulators: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya vs. Kitaev Interactions. DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section , Regensburg 2025-03-16 - 2025-03-21
2024
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LectureBrehm, Verena Johanna. (2024) Das Labor im Computer und wie magnetische Wellen vielleicht die Welt verändern werden. Pint of Science , Bonn 2024-05-14 -
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Academic lectureBrehm, Verena Johanna. (2024) Topological magnon gap engineering in 2D van der Waals CrI3 ferromagnets. DPG spring meeting , Berlin 2024-05-17 - 2024-05-22
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Academic lectureBrehm, Verena Johanna. (2024) Topological magnon gap engineering in 2D van der Waals CrI3 ferromagnets. 2D Quantum Materials for Spintronics , Poznan 2024-01-29 - 2024-01-31
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Academic lectureBrehm, Verena Johanna. (2024) Topological magnon gap engineering in 2D van der Waals CrI3 ferromagnets. IOP Magnetism , Loughboroug 2024-05-25 - 2024-05-26