Master, Diploma and PhD Theses
Bachelor
2017
Disselkamp, Constantin, 28.04.2017 - 27.07.2017
Modelling in-plane spin currents in atomistic spin dynamics (PDF, 5 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Gideon Müller, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH-Aachen- Orland, Fabian, 28.03.2017 - 27.06.2017
Comparative study of highly scalable parallel eigensolvers used in electronic structure calculations
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller, Prof. Dr. Paolo Bientinesi, RWTH-Aachen
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Dr. Uliana Alekseeva
2010
Steinbach Moritz, 15.06.2010 – 14.09.2010
Magnon-Phonon Wechselwirkung in atomaren Ketten
Co-Supervisor: Dr. M. Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2009
- Zielinski Jonas, 18.05.2009 – 17.08.2009
Tight-binding Modell einer eindimensionalen atomaren Kette
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Y. Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Master
2023
- Moritz Winterott, 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2023
Complex magnetism at the interface with superconductors
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Lounis, Duisburg- Essen University - Cheng Wang, 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2023
First-principles investigation of the 3D to 2D Topological Insulator transition of alloyed [BixSb(1-x)]2[TeySe(1-y)]3
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Dr. Juba Bouaziz, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen - Sarina Lebs, 01.06.2022 - 31.12.2023
Investigation of zero-modes of frustration-stabilized skyrmions and their influence on the lifetime of skyrmions
Co-Supervisor: Markus Hoffmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen - Xiaoyu Liu, 03.01.2022 – 02.01.2023
Electronic Structure of Twisted Bilayer Tungsten Diselenide investigated by a transferable Tight-Binding-Mode
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Hyun-Jung Kim, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2022
Dimos Chatzichrysafis, 01.11.2021 – 30.10.2022
Interplay of ferroelectricity and orbital angular momentum in two-dimensionalSnTe-monolayer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen, Supervisor: Dr. Dongwook GoNicolas Essing, 01.06.2021 – 31.05.2022
Ab-initio Spindynamics using the KKRnano method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenMarkus Struckmann, 10.05.2021 – 09.05.2022
First-principles investigation of the 3D to 2D Topological Insulator transition of alloyed [BixSb(1-x)]2[TeySe(1-y)]3
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2021
Chun Kit Dennis Law, 16.11.2020 – 15.11.2021
Ab initio investigation of magnetic and electronic properties of Fe on Nb(110)
Co-Supervisor: Markus Hoffmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenJohannes Wasmer, 14.10.2020 – 13.10.2021
Development of a surrogate machine learning model for the acceleration of density functional calculations with the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenJörn Stöhler, 01.10.2020 – 30.09.2021
Implementation of the Bethe-Salpeter Equation for Absorption Spectroscopy within the FLAPW Method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Christoph Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenWonjae Jo, 01.10.2020 – 30.09.2021
Ab-initio characterisation of the hidden order in Kitaev-type materials
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Marjana Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenRubel Mozumder, 15.09.2020 – 14.09.2021
Design magnetic interactions in rare earth doped topological insulators
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenDmitrii Tolmachev, 01.02.2020 – 31.01.2021
Weiterentwicklung des Atomistischen Spindynamik Computer codes “SPIRIT"
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen- Zhenwen Xu, 13.01.2020 – 12.01.2021
Spin-orbit effects in thin films from tight binding approximation
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2020
Robin Hilgers, 01.09.2019 – 31.08.2020
Extension of FLAPW method to fully-unconstrained treatment of non-collinear magnetism in the muffin-tin sphere
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenAlexander Neukirchen, 01.08.2019 – 31.07.2020
Implementation and Application of a source-free exchange correlation field for magnetic materials in an all-electron method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenUriel Aceves, 01.05.2019 – 30.04.2020
Theoretical investigation of the emergence of Majorana states in nanostructures
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenDonya Mazhjoo, 01.04.2019 – 31.03.2020
Magnetische Zweidimensionale Materialien
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenJonathan Kipp, 14.01.2019 – 13.01.2020
Chiral contributions to the Hall effect of two-dimensional magnets on a hexagonal lattice
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2019
Andrea Hanke, 01.05.2018 – 30.04.2019
Understanding electronic and structural properties of resistively switching oxides
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Marjana Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenMoritz Sallermann, 23.04.2018 – 22.04.2019
Studying magnetic interactions in noncollinear spin states
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenFabian Bertoldo, 19.02.2018 – 18.02.2019
High-throughput investigation of the effect of impurities on the transport properties of topological insulators
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenJohanna Paulina Carbone, 01.06.2019 – 31.10.2019
Applying methods and generating physical results and focus on their analysis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Henning Janßen, 01.10.2018 – 30.09.2019
Implementation of DFT+Hubbard-I approximation in FLAPW method and application to 4f adatoms
Co-Supervisor: Markus Hoffmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2018
Arjana I Gede, 01.11.2017 – 31.10.2018
Interaction of Magnetic Skyrmions with Transition Metal Clusters (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenMaximilian Merte, 24.04.2017 – 23.04.2018
Electric polarization driven by chiral magnetism
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenMatthias Redies, 24.04.2017 – 23.04.2018
Orbital magnetism in chiral magnets exposed to intrinsic and extrinsic electric fields
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenJens Rene Suckert, 15.02.2017 – 14.02.2018
Spin-orbit driven transport properties of metallic thin films in the Terahertz regime
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen
2017
Fabian Lux, 11.04.2016 – 10.04.2017
Higher-order Kubo response applied to orbital magnetism and Hall effects in chiral magnets
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH AachenSteven Rendon Restrepo, 11.04.2016 – 10.04.2017
Quasiparticle scattering states in Weyl Semimetals
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Luiz Felipe Aguinsky, 11.04.2016 – 10.04.2017
First principles calculations of complex geometric phase effects in magnetic films
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen
2016
Schürhoff Daniel, 16.11.2015 – 15.11.2016
Atomistic Spin Dynamics with Real Time Control of Simulation Parameters and Visualisation (PDF, 5 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenSascha Brinker, 26.10.2015 – 25.10.2016
First-principles investigation of charge and spin currents in magnetic nanostructures (PDF, 24 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Manuel dos Santos Dias, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenMax Nusspickel, 10.10.2015 – 09.10.2016
Application of the exact exchange functional of density functional theory to magnetic metals within the FLAPW method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Markus Betzinger, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2015
Bröder Jens, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Density Functional Theory Simulations on Tungsten and Beryllium Alloys for ITER
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenKirchmair Johannes, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Berechnung von RPA-Spektren mittels Wannier-Interpolation
Co-Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenMüller Gideon, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Exploring the energy landscape of skyrmions
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenOhs Nicholas, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Tight-binding models of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenAboulouz Emad, 01.02.2014 – 31.01.2015
Spin scattering of topologically protected electrons at defects by the relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green function method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2014
Dörr Kerstin, 01.10.2013 – 30.09.2014
Electronic Structure of Pyrochlore Iridates from First Principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH AachenBuhl Patrick, 01.10.2013 – 30.09.2014
Weyl semimetals from first principles: application to trisodium bismuthide
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH AachenHanke Jan-Philipp, 01.10.2013 – 25.09.2014
Generalized Wannier functions for a description of multi-parameter ab initio Hamiltonians
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenXu Lei, 01.05.2013 – 31.04.2014
Electronic and magnetic properties of strained CoPt3 films from first principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH-AachenRüßmann Philipp, 01.04.2013 – 31.03.2014
Spin-Orbit Scattering of Gold Surface Electrons at Adatoms from First-Principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2013
Bouaziz Juba, 01.03.2012 – 15.09.2013
Langreichweitige Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Wechselwirkungen vermittelt durch spinaufgespaltete Rashba Elektronen
Supervisor: Dr. S. Lounis, Universität Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, AlgerienCzaja Philippe, 01.07.2012 – 31.03.2013
Ab-initio Berechnung der orbitalen Magnetisierung in ungeordneten Festkörpern
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH-AachenBhat Kaustubh,
Crystal Field Effects on Multiplets Observed in Open d- and f - shells
Supervisor: Dr. Hermann Ulm, Examiner: Prof. Dr. Erik Koch, Co-Examiner: Prof. Dr. Eva Pavarini
2011
- Weischenberg Jürgen, 01.10.2010 – 30.09.2011
Multi-Band Side-Jump Scattering Contribution to Anomalous Hall Conductivity from Ab Initio (PDF, 4 MB)
Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH-Aachen, Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen - Müller Mathias Christian Thomas David, 01.09.2010 – 31.08.2011
Calculation of the full-selfenergy matrix within the GW approximation
Co-Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Diploma Theses
2013
Tillmanns Konstantin, 15.10.2012 - 01.08.2013
Magnetic phase transitions from electronic structure theory
Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos
2012
Klüppelberg Daniel Aaron, 01.07.2010 – 01.02.2012
Calculation of stress tensor within the ab-initio full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method (PDF, 756 kB)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Dr. Marjana Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel
2011
Kordt Pascal, 01.09.2010 – 31.01.2012
Single-Site Green-Function of the Dirac Equation for Full-Potential Electron Scattering (PDF, 3 MB)
Co-Supervisor Dr. R. Zeller, Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenSchweflinghaus Benedikt Johannes, 26.04.2010 – 31.10.2011
Ab initio investigation of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in transition-metal chains deposited on Platinum step-edges (PDF, 4 MB)
Co-Supervisor Dr. Bihlmayer, Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2010
Adolphs Clemens, 01.10.2009 – 30.09.2010
Exact Diagonalization of strongly Correlated Systems
Supervisor: Herr PD Dr. E. Koch, RWTH-AachenSchena Timo, 01.07.2009 – 30.06.2010
Tight-Binding Treatment of Complex Magnetic Structures in Low-Dimensional Systems (PDF, 4 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr C. Barreteau (CEA, Orsay), Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenZimmermann Bernd, 01.04.2009 – 31.03.2010
Calculation of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in ultrathin magnetic Films: Cr/W(110) (PDF, 4 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2008
- Hirschfeld Julian, 01.12.2007 – 30.11.2008
Tomographic Problems in the Diagnostics of Fuel Cell Stacks (PDF, 2 MB)
Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich 4291; ISSN 0944-2952
Supervisor: PD. Dr. H. Lustfeld, Universität Duisburg-Essen, - Bauer David, 17.09.2007 – 16.09.2008
Atomistic Spin-Dynamics in Confined Magnetic Nano-Structures (PDF, 8 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen - Baumeister Paul, 01.02.2007 – 31.01.2008
First Principles Calculations of Quantum Transport Properties through PI-Conjugated Molecules (PDF, 2 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. T. Ono (Osaka), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel
2007
Betzinger Markus, 01.10.2006 – 30.09.2007
Efficient Implementation of the Non-Local Exchange Potential within the FLAPW Method (PDF, 2 MB)
Co-Supervisor Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenHanuschkin Alexander, 01.06.2006 – 13.07.2007
Investigation of Image Potential States with the Green Function Embedding Technique (PDF, 19 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. D. Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenHeers Swantje, 01.06.2006 – 15.07.2007
Influence of exchange and correlation on the conductance in semi-infinite scattering setups (PDF, 1 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Schindlmayr, Dr. D. Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenGierlich Andreas, 01.04.2006 – 31.03.2007
Treatment of Electronic Correlation in Magnetic Materials within the Fluctuation-Exchange Method (PDF, 2 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Schindlmayr, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2006
Dolfen Andreas, 01.10.2005 – 30.09.2006
Massively parallel exact diagonalization of strongly correlated systems (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Co-Supervisor: PD Dr. E. Koch, RWTH-Aachen
2003
Niesert Manfred, 01.09.2002 – 02.09.2003
Ab initio calculations of the optical properties of phase-change materials (PDF, 1 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2000
Förster Friedrich 1999 – 2000
Untersuchung von nichtkollinearem Magnetismus in ultradünnen Filmen (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: PD Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenWortmann Daniel, -2000
Elektronentheorie zur Beschreibung von Rastertunnel-Mikroskopie und -Spektroskopie von magnetischen Metalloberflächen (PDF, 2 MB)
Universität Dortmund
1997
Kurz Philipp, - 01.1997
Non-Collinear Magnetism of Ultrathin Magnetic Films (PDF, 1 MB)
Supervisor: PD. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
1996
Pentcheva Rossitza 1995 – 10.1996
Ab initio Rechnungen zum Zusammenhang zwischen Magnetismus und Struktur ultradünner Filme (PDF, 2 MB)
Jülich Report 3364 ISSN 0944-2952, Okt. 1996
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Eberhardt, PD. Stefan Blügel, Universität zu Köln
Ph.D. Theses
2026
- Thomas Bornhake, 01.09.2023 – 30.11.2026
First-Principles understanding of electron-magnon interactions at Interfaces and 2D-heterostructures
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen, Co-Supervisors: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer - Thorben Pürling, 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2026
Atomistic Spin-Lattice Dynamics
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen, Co-Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hannes Jónson, University of Iceland
2025
- Johannes Wasmer, 01.04.2022 – 30.06.2025
Development of a surrogate machine learning model for the acceleration of first-principles calculations
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen, Co-Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ira Assent, Dr. Philipp Rüßmann
2024
Mohammad Rasoul Hemmati Nafar, 01.04.2021 – 30.06.2024
Ab-initio investigation of interface and impurity effects in next generation topological materials
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenNihad Abuawwad, 04.03.2021 – 03.03.2024
Ab initio investigation of the magnetoelectricity of two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenMichael Dick, 01.12.2020 – 29.02.2024
Establishing magnetic systems at the platform for realization of reservior computing paradigms
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abigail Morrison, RWTH AachenMahmoud Zeer, 15.02.2021 – 14.02.2024
First-principles study of spin-orbitronics and topological effects in transition-metal dechalcogenides
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov JGU Mainz, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenTheodoros Adamanopoulos, 01.12.2020 –29.02.2024
Modelling of laser-induced fields, torques, currents and non-equilibrium spin-orbitronics
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, JGU Mainz, Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen- David Antognini Silva, 01.11.2020 – 31.01.2024
Ab initio Bogoliubov-de Gennes calculations for topological superconductors
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2023
Alexander Neukirchen, 01.10.2020 – 31.12.2023
Phonon-magnon scattering in the FLAPW method via density-functional perturbation theory
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenUriel Aceves, 07.09.2020 – 06.12.2023
Coexistence of trivial/non-trivial topological states and spin-flip excitations in magnetic nanostructures deposited on superconducting surfaces
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenRobin Hilgers, 01.09.2020 – 30.11.2023
Prediction of magnetic materials for energy and information combining data-analytics and first-principles theory
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenPeter Christian Schmitz, 01.09.2021 – 01.09.2023
Massive Topological Dirac Semimetals in Van-der-Waals Superlattices of Ge,Sb,Bi,Te
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, JGU Mainz, Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenAmal Aldarawsheh, 09.11.2020 – 08.11.2023
Ab initio investigations of Antiferromagnetic and Ferrimagnetic skyrmions
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenDonya Mazhjoo, 13.07.2020 – 12.10.2023
Ab-initio investigations of spin-orbit functionalized graphene
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenDaniela Ivanova 01.10.2022 – 12.10.2023
High-throughput calculations and data analytics to accelerate property maps of solids
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenJonathan Kipp, 15.05.2020 – 14.08.2023
Transport properties of dynamical large-scale spin textures for neuromorphic computing
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov JGU Mainz, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenJohanna Paulina Carbone, 01.02.2020 – 30.04.2023
Non-trivial Magnetization Textures in 2D-Materials involving Rare Earths
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenDavid Gustin, 01.02.2020 –30.04.2023
Spin-Orbit Entangled States in Complex Oxides
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Marjana Lezaic, Dr. Regina Dittmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Henning Janßen, 14.10.2019 – 13.01.2023
Investigation of magnetic structures in rare-earth compounds applying DFT+Hubbard-1 model
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2022
Moritz Sallermann, 01.06.2019 – 31.08.2022
Investigation of Hopf solitons in chiral magnets
Co-Supervisor: Markus Hoffmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenSufyan Shehada, 01.11.2018 – 30.04.2022
Interplay of Dynamical Spin- Excitations and Strong Correlations in Adatoms an Nanostructures
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen
Anoop Kaithalikunnel Chandran, 18.10.2018 – 17.01.2022
Photovoltaic Device inspired Materials Search: Focus on Metal-Halide Perovskites
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Irene Aguilera, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenVasily Tseplyaev, 01.10.2018 – 31.03.2022
High-throughput investigation of low-dimensional chiral magnets by first-principles methods
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Bernd Zimmermann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2021
Vladyslav Kuchkin, 01.08.2018 – 31.10.2021
Diversity of chiral magnetic solitons
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenMaximilian Merte, 01.09.2018 – 30.04.2021
Microscopic theory of electrically- and laser-induced orbital dynamics in antiferromagnets
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenMatthias Redies, 01.07.2018 – 30.09.2021
High-Performance Computing Approach to Hybrid Functionals in the All-Electron DFT Code FLEUR
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenHanan Hamamera, 01.03.2018 – 31.08.2021
Investigation of ultrafast magnetic excitations in the real-time domain
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenStefan Rost, 01.04.2018 – 30.06.2021
Elektronische Struktur und Quantentransport in 2D Materialien, inklusive topologischen Isolatoren, mit Betonung von Streuung
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Lichuan Zhang, 05.03.2018 – 31.04.2021
Topological magnonic properties of two-dimensional magnetic materials
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2020
- Fabian Lux, 01.07.2017 – 30.09.2020
Transport properties and topological characterization of two- and three-dimensional topological magnetization solitons
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2019
Jens Bröder, 01.11.2015 – 31.01.2019
High-throughput All-Electron Density Functional Theory Simulations for a Data-driven Chemical Interpretation of X-ray Photoelectron Spectra
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenSascha Brinker, 01.11.2015 – 31.01.2019
Complex magnetism of nanostructures on surfaces: from orbital magnetism to spin excitations
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenChristian-Roman Gerhorst, 01.11.2015 – 31.01.2019
Density functional perturbation theory within the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented planewave method: application to phonons
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH AachenJannis Ehrlich, 01.08.2018 – 31.07.2019
A Unified Framework for Functional Renormalisation Group Calculations and its Application to Three Dimensional Hubbard Models
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenMiriam Hinzen, 01.04.2016 – 31.03.2019
Robust methods for achieving self-consistency in large-scale ab-initio quantum mechanical calculations
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Di Napoli, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Gideon Philipp Müller, 01.02.2016 – 30.01.2019
Advanced methods for atomic scale spin simulations and application to localized magnetic states
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2018
Buhl, Patrick Markus, 01.02.2015 – 31.12.2018
Topological transport in non-Abelian spin textures from first principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH AachenDos Santos Flaviano José, 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2018
First-principles study of collective spin excitations in noncollinear magnets
Supervisor: Dr. S. Lounis, RWTH-AachenDörr Kerstin, 01.12.2014 – 28.02.2018
Ab initio Study of the Electronic Structure of the Orthorhombic Perovskite CaIrO3
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH Aachen- Bornemann Marcel, 01.12.2014 – 28.02.2018
Large-scale, Investigation of Non-trival Magnetic Textures in Chiral Magnets with Density Functional Theory
Co-Supervisor: Dr. R. Zeller, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2017
Hanke Jan-Philipp, 01.10.2014 – 31.12.2017
Topological properties of complex magnets from an advanced ab-initio Wannier description
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH AachenGibertini Marta, 01.06.2014 – 31.08.2017
Ab initio investigation of properties and processes relevant to resistive switching in HfO2
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenBouaziz Juba, 01.05.2014 – 31.07.2017
Spin-orbitronics at the nanoscale: From analytical models to real materials
Supervisor: Dr. S. Lounis, RWTH-AachenRüßmann Philipp, 01.05.2014 – 31.07.2017
Spin scattering of topologically protected electrons at defects
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenHoffmann Markus, 17.03.2014 – 16.06.2017
Ab-initio Investigation of Skyrmions in thin films
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2016
Müller Mathias Christian Thomas David, 01.09.2013 – 30.11.2016
Spin-wave excitations and electron-magnon scattering in elementary ferromagnets from ab initio many-body perturbation theory (PDF, 6 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenGeranton Guillaume, 01.07.2013 – 30.09.2016
Instrinsic and extrinsic spin-orbit torques from first principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH-AachenBhat Kaustubh, 01.06.2013 – 31.08.2016
Theoretical investigation of the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Lustfeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Friedrich Rico, 01.04.2013 – 29.06.2016
Ab initio investigation of hybrid molecular-metallic interfaces as a tool to design surface magnetic properties for molecular spintronics (PDF, 68 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. N. Atodiresei, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2015
Klüppelberg Daniel Aaron, 01.04.2012 – 30.06.2015
First-principle investigation of displacive response in complex solids
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Markus Betzinger, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenWeischenberg Jürgen, 15.12.2011 – 14.03.2015
Transport in systems with broken scalar and vector spin chirality from first principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH AachenSchweflinghaus Benedikt, 01.11.2011 – 13.11.2015
First-principles investigation of inelastic magnetic excitations in nanostructures deposited on surfaces
Supervisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Samir Lounis, RWTH AachenNeroni Andrea, 01.11.2011 – 31.01.2015
Ab-initio investigations of multiferroic nanojunctions
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH-AachenJokar Jeiran, 20.10.2011 – 19.01.2015
Nicht-adiabatische Näherungen in zeitabhängiger Dichtefunktionaltheorie
Supervisor: Dr. N. Helbig, RWTH-AachenRossen Siebe, 10.01.2011 – 01.01.2015
2014
Jacobsson Adam, 01.07.2009 – 10.03.2015
Magnon-Phonon interaction from first-principles density functional theory
Supervisor: Dr. M. Lezaic, Uppsala University- Schena Timo, 18.07.2011 – 18.10.2014
First-Principles Study on Pyrites and Marcasites for Photovoltaic Application
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen Rabel Elias, 01.07.2011 – 30.09.2014
Electronic properties of nano-scale structural defects in resistively switching chalcogenides investigated by the order-N Korringa-Kohn-Rostocker Green-function method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. R. Zeller, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen- Zimmermann Bernd, 15.07.2010 - 06.05.2014
Ab initio description of transverse transport due to impurity scattering in transition-metals
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2013
Callsen Martin, 01.09.2010 – 10.12.2013
Ab initio investigations of π-conjugated-molecule-metal interfaces for molecular electronics and spintronics
Co-Supervisor: Dr. N. Atodiresei, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenMichalicek Gregor, 15.05.2010 - 30.10.2013
Extending the precision and efficiency of theall-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave density-functional theory method
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2012
Popova Darya, 01.08.2009 – 19.03.2013
Microscopic description of the inverse Faraday effect at subpicosecond time scales
Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Bringer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenSchlipf Martin, 01.06.2008 – 29.02.2012
Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof Screened-Exchange Hybrid Functional for Complex Materials: All-Electron Implementation and Application (PDF, 10 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. M. Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenBaumeister Paul, 01.07.2008 – 13.02.2012
Real-Space Finite-Difference PAW Method for Large-Scale Applications on Massively Parallel Computers (PDF, 29 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. D. Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenBauer David, 01.04.2009 – 31.11.2012
Development of a relativistic full-potential first-principles multiple scattering Green function method applied to complex magnetic textures of nano structures at surfaces
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenHirschfeld Julian, 01.03.2009 – 29.06.2012
Ab initio investigation of ground-states and ionic motion in particular in zirconia-based solid-oxide electrolytes (PDF, 15 MB)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Dr. H. Lustfeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, University of Duisburg-Essen
2011
Lorenz Boris, 01.08.2008 – 29.07.2011
Contact Mechanics and Friction of Elastic Solids on Hard and Rough Substrates
Supervisor: Dr. B. N. J. PerssonThieß Alexander, 01.01.2008 – 30.06.2011
Development and application of a massively parallel KKR Green function method for large scale systems (PDF, 14 MB)
ECOSS Prize 2008 for "Best Student Lecture" 2008, Supervisor Dr. R. ZellerBetzinger Markus, 01.12.2007 – 05.07.2011
Orbital-dependent exchange-correlation functionals in density-functional theory realized by the FLAPW method (PDF, 8 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. C. FriedrichHeers Swantje, 15.10.2007 – 20.04.2011
Effect of spin-orbit scattering on transport properties of low-dimensional dilute alloys (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. Ph. MavropoulosRahmanizadeh Kourosh, 01.08.2006 – 02.02.2011
FerroelectricMaterials with Interfaces: First Principles Calculations (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, RWTH-AachenNiesert Manfred, 01.12.2003 – 20.05.2011
Ab initio Calculations of Spin-Wave Excitation Spectra from Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenGierlich Andreas, 01.05.2007 – 15.03.2011
All-Electron GW Calculations for Perovskite Transition-Metal Oxides (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Dr. A. Schindlmayr, Dr. C. Friedrich, RWTH AachenFreimuth Frank, 01.06.2006 – 02.02.2011
An Efficient Full-Potential Linearized Augmented-Plane-Wave Electronic Structure Method for Charge and Spin Transport through realistic Nanoferronic Junctions (PDF, 11 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. D. Wortmann, RWTH-Aachen
2010
- Dolfen Andreas, 01.11.2006 – 23.09.2010
Strong Electronic Correlations in Low-Dimensional Systems (PDF, 10 MB)
Supervisor: PD Dr. E. Koch, RWTH-Aachen
2009
- Al-Zubi Ali, 15.07.2006 – 14.07.2009
Ab initio investigations of magnetic properties of ultrathin transition-metal films on 4d substrates (PDF, 5 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, RWTH-Aachen
2008
Yang Chunyan, 01.04.2005 – 31.03.2008
Role of Surface Roughness in Tribology: From Atomic to Macroscopic Scale (PDF, 5 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. B. Persson, TU BerlinWoodford Simon, 01.10.2005 – 30.09.2008
Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Bringer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
2006
Lounis Samir, 01.05.2003 – 15.07.2006
Theory of Magnetic Transition Metal Nanoclusters on Surfaces (PDF, 3 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. P. H. Dederichs, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-AachenHeide Markus, 01.04.2001 - 28.02.2006
Magnetic domain walls in ultrathin films: Contribution of the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction (PDF, 2 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, Prof. Dr. Peter Heinz Dederichs, RWTH Aachen
2005
Mokrousov Yuri, 15.02.2002 – 24.05.2005
Ab initio All-electron Full-potential Linearized Augmented Plane-wave Method for One-dimensional Systems (PDF, 5 MB)
Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, Prof. Dr. Peter Heinz Dederichs, RWTH Aachen- Lezaic Marjana, 15.02.2002 – 24.05.2005
Spin-gap Materials from First Principles: Properties and Applications of Half-metallic Ferromagnets (PDF, 7 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, RWTH-Aachen
2004
- Atodiresei Nicolae, 01.02.2001 – 15.05.2004
First Principles Theory of Organic Molecules on Metal surfaces: Formate, 3-Thiophene-carboxylate and Glycinate on Cu(110) (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Schroeder, RWTH-Aachen
2003
Wortmann Daniel, 01.03.2000 - 04.07.2003
An Embedding Green Function Approach for Electron Transport through Interfaces (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
2002
Antons Armin 1999 – 2002
First-Principles Investigation of Initial Stages of Surfactant Mediated Growth an the Si(111) Substrate (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Schroeder, RWTH-AachenBerger Ralf 1996 – 2002
Berechnung von Stufenkanten auf der As-bedeckten Si(111)-Oberfläche mit einem parallelisierten ab initio Programm (PDF, 16 MB)
Supervisor: apl.Prof. Dr.rer.nat. K. Schroeder, Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. P.H. Dederichs, RWTH Aachen
2001
- Kromen Winfried 1995 – 2001
Die Projector Augmented Wave-Methode: Ein schnelles Allelektronenverfahren für die ab-initio-Molekulardynamik
RWTH Aachen
2000
Kurz Philipp 1996 - 2000
Non-Collinear Magnetism at Surfaces and in Ultrathin Films (PDF, 5 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, PD. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH AachenHeinze Stefan 1996 – 2000
First-Principles Theory of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy applied to Transition-Metall Surfaces (PDF, 10 MB)
1998
Montanari Barbara
Density Functional Study of Organic Systems: Molecules, Polymers, and Crystals (PDF, 7 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. R.O. Jones, Universität zu Köln
1996
Engels Benedikt 1990 – 1996
Ab initio Berechnung der (110) Oberfläche von III-V Halbleitern: Simulation von Rastertunnelmikroskopie-Aufnahmen (PDF, 9 MB)Hunsicker Stefan
Structure and Spectroscopy of Charged and Neutral Clusters. A Density Functional Study (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. R.O. Jones, RWTH AachenRichard Peter 1992 – 1996
Banddiskontinuitäten an III-V-Halbleitergrenzflächen: Verspannungsabhängigkeit und Einfluß von ZwischenschichtenHabilitations (Post-Doctoral Lectureships)
Koch Erik Dr. 17. Juli 2006
The doped Fullerenes: A family of strongly correlated systems
Scientist at PGI, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Professorship recognized at RWTH Aachen University, Supervisor: Herr Prof. Dr. S. Blügel