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Honors and Grants
August 2023
Award from Norsk Fysisk Selskap to Thorvald Ballestad for an Excellent Master's Thesis in Physics
MSc graduate Thorvald Ballestad received 2023 Martin Landrø's award for an excellent master's thesis in physics from Norsk Fysisk Selskap. Thorvald finished his master's thesis spring 2022 under the supervision of senior researcher Alireza Qaiumzadeh at QuSpin.
Title of the thesis is "Anomalous Thermoelectric Effect in Tilted Dirac and Weyl Semimetals: Contribution to the Nernst Effect from the Conformal Anomaly". The article "Unconventional thermoelectric transport in tilted Weyl semimetals" in Physical Review B journal is based on this thesis.
Thorvald is currentluy working as a data analyst at Simula Consulting AS.
June 2023
We congratulate the two master-students Sondre Duna Lundemo and Johanne Bratland Tjernshaugen at SFF QuSpin and Department of Physics, with receiving two of the student prizes at the graduation ceremony at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, June 2023.
Sondre received the prize for the best Master of Technology (teknologimaster). Johanne received the prize for best Master of Science (master i fysikk). The advisors have been professors Asle Sudbø (Sondre) and Jacob Linder (Johanne).
Sondre and Johanne will start their PhDs at QuSpin with Sudbø and Linder, respectively, as main advisors in the fall of 2023.
January 2023
Co-PI professor Mathias Kläui became an IEEE Fellow.
Co-PI professor Mathias Kläui became an IEEE Fellow 2023 for his contribution to the next generation magnetic solid-state memory, logic and sensor devices.
The IEEE Fellow is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, and is bestowed upon a very limited number of Senior Members who have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology bringing significant value to our society. The number of IEEE Fellows elevated in a year is no more than one-tenth of one percent of the total IEEE voting.
September 2022
Professor Jacob Linder has been elected as member of the Norwegian Academy of the Technical Sciences (NTVA), Norway.
"The purpose of NTVA is to promote science, education, and development within the technical sciences and associated scientific fields. To become a member, the person should have a documented independent scientific contribution to the technical sciences or associated scientific fields, or have made an important contribution to the promotion of technology or technical sciences."
September 2022
Professor Dennis Meier has been elected vice-president of the European Magnetism Association (EMA).
August 2022
PhD student Niels Henrik Aase recieved the award for the Best Poster at "Physics by the Lake" in Stirling, Scotland.
Physics by the Lake is the UK national summer school on theoretical condensed matter physics and is organized by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Theory of Condensed Matter group.
September 2021
Dr. Jabir Ali Ouassou receives Birkeland Prize in physics
The 100,000 NOK Birkeland Prize in physics is awarded to Dr. Jabir Ali Ouassou for his contributions to a broad range of topics in the theory of superconducting hybrid structures.
Physicist Jabir Ali Ouassou receives the Birkeland Prize 2020 in physics for this thesis Manipulating superconductivity in magnetic nanostructures in and out of equilibrium, for which he was awarded the degree in Philosophiae Doctor at the Norwegian Universirt of Science and Technology in 2019.
“It is an honor to win the Birkeland award. I am surprised and happy that you have chosen me. Winning the prize is a motivation for me to continue my academic work”, says Dr. Jabir Ali Ouassou.
June 2021
RCN Fripro Grant to professor Asle Sudbø
Asle Sudbø received a 8.6 MNOK grant on the project "Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium quantum phenomena in superconducting hybrids with antiferromagnets and topological insulators".The research project will run from 2021-2024.
The main research question is which quantum physical effects can occur in hybrid structures involving antiferromagnets, topological insulators and/or superconductors, both in and out of equilibrium. In equilibrium, the main emphasis is placed on discovering new superconducting stated mediated by squeezed magnons and how the magnon squeezing can be strongly enhanced. Out of equilibrium, the goal is to develop a general kinetic theory for transport phenomena of spin, heat, and charge.
December 2020
RCN FRIPRO Grant to professor Erik Wahlström
Professor /Head of the Physics Department Wahlström has received a FRIPRO grant from the Research Council of Norway. The grant is 12 MNOK for the period 2021-2025. The title of the research project is Phonon-Magnon Pumping in Oxide Nano-structures - Creating condensates for Boson based computing. The project is a collaboration between NTNU (IFY (Erik Wahlstrøm) and IE (Thomas Tybell), Stockholms Universitet (Stefano Bonetti), Universidad de Barcelona (Ferran Macia) and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) (Toshu An). The project includes four new positions ( two PhD, one Postdoc and one II'er position).
December 2020
QuSpin has received the RCN BalanseHub Grant
The grant is NOK 1 million for the period 2021-2022. The goal of the project is to increase the number of female researchers at our center and to support female careers to fill future top positions in Academia.
October 2020
Primary Investigator, Professor Mathias Kläui has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society 2020
Solid-state physicist Professor Mathias Kläui has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in recognition of his experimental research into magnetic materials, spin transport, and the dynamics and manipulation of spin textures on the nanoscale level.
Kläui heads a research group at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) which focuses on the future technology of spintronics. Spintronics involves the use of the magnetic moment of electrons in addition to electrical charge and is considered to be a technology with considerable potential. Indeed, it may be possible to use spintronics in various applications in place of semiconductors where this technology reaches its limits.
Press release (PDF)
May 2020
Grieg Grant to senior researcher Alireza Qaiumzadeh
Researcher Alireza Qaiumzadeh has received the GRIEG Grant by the Polish National Science Centre, together with researcher Anna Dyrdał from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU). The title of the project is "Spin and charge transport in low-dimensional novel quantum materials".
The three-year grant budget is about Euro 1.365 million, and funds the hiring a PhD candidate in NTNU and three PhD candidates and two postdoctoral fellows in AMU. The GRIEG call is part of the Basic Research Programme operated by the Polish National Science Centre under the EEA and Norway Grants.
January 2020
Senior researcher Dr. Sol H. Jacobsen to the NTNU Outstanding Academic Fellow Programme
She been invited to this programme for her achievements in the field of her research.
December 2019
ERC Consolidator Grant to professor Dennis Meier
Professor Dennis Meier received the ERC Consolidator grant. With the project “ATRONICS”, Dennis and his team aim to emulate the behavior of electronic components at the atomic scale. The research will provide new insight into the physics of functional oxide materials and potentially lead to major breakthroughs in electronics. If the team succeeds, their research will enable energy efficient and ultra-small circuitry and networks, playing a key role in the transition from nano- to atomic-scale electronics.
RCN Fripro Grant to researcher Sol H. Jacobsen
Researcher Sol H. Jacobsen received the grant for her project Superconducting Triplet Spintronics: generation, control and application. With the help of curvature, cavities and spin-orbit coupling, the project willl go beyond rigid proximity-coupled systems to explore new directions for low-dissipation superconducting spintronics. The funds from the Norwegian Research Council will enable one Ph.D. candidate and one postdoctoral researcher to join project leader Sol H.Jacobsen.
September 2019
Primary Investigator, Professor Asle Sudbø has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) 2019
He was nominated as APS Fellow by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics, and the citation reads “For his pioneering contributions to the theory of vortex matter in strongly fluctuating superconductors, superfluids, and multicomponent condensates.”
Each year, no more than one half of one percent of the Society membership is recognized by their peers for election to the status of Fellow in the American Physical Society. This is a prestigious recognition that also shows his important contributions to the research at our center, QuSpin, a center of excellence (SFF). The APS Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise in physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics, or significant contributions to physics education.
September 2019
Primary Investigator, Professor Justin Wells has been elected Member of Honour 2019 by the Nano students
He has been elected Member of Honour 2019 by the Nano students at NTNU. For his long and deep interest and contributions to his students, scientifically and socially.
Co-PI, Professor Mathias Kläui, Mainz, has been selected a Distinguished Lecturer for 2020
Professor Mathias Kläui, Mainz, has been selected as Distinguished Lecturer for 2020. Kläui will be doing a lecturing tour during 2020 to a range of universities, presenting his research field. The title of his lecture is "Antiferromagnetic Insulatronics: Spintronics without magnetic fields and moving electrons".
June 2019
PhD student Håkon Ivarssøn Røst received the Award for the Best Student Talk NanoNetwork 2019
He was awarded for the best student talk at the Nano Network, Norwegian PhD Network on NanoTechnology for Microsystems, 10th annual workshop, in Tromsø,Norway. The commitee was headed by Olav Solgaard from Stanford University, USA.
July 2019
Researcher Akashdeep Kamra, Chair of the Gordon Research Seminar 2019
He is elected a chair of the Gordon Research Seminar on Spin Dynamics in Nanostructures 2019 that will take place in Switzerland in July.
This international conference provides a unique platform to young researchers for exchanging and discussing ideas at the cutting edge.
QuSpin is excited to financially support it and the concomitant nurturing of the future scientists globally.
Professor Dennis Meier received the Fritjof Nansen's Award for Young Scientists
He received the Fritjof Nansen's award for young scientists 2019 from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for his outstanding research within materials physics. The award is NOK 75.000,-.
Professor Dennis G. Meier was awarded with Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs scientific award to young researchers 2019.
The awards goes to Dennis G. Meier and Dave Kush. The award is NOK 75.000 to each and will be handed out March 8th. The award goes to young researchers in Norway who has documented extraordinary talent, and work, and who has achieved exceptionally good results within one’s scientific field.