Completed dissertations

Functional Nanoscale Structure Probe and Simulation Laboratory (Funsilab)

PhD

Complex magnetism of nanostructures on surfaces: from orbital magnetism to spin excitations

Sascha Brinker
PhD dissertation defended at RWTH-Aachen University;  Summa Cum Laude (September 2019)
INNOMAG-PhD prize 2021 of the German Magnetism Working group at the March meeting of DPG 

First-principles study of collective spin excitations in noncollinear magnets

Flaviano dos Santos
PhD dissertation defended at RWTH-Aachen University;  (December 2019)

Physical properties of Fe, Co and Ni monolayers deposited on TMD

Omar Messaoudi
PhD dissertation defended at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (Novembre 2019)

Study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Fe-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides

Hamza Kouarta
PhD dissertation defended at University of Annaba, Algeria (Mars 2020)

Spin- orbitronics at the nanoscale: From analytical models to real materials

Juba Bouaziz
PhD dissertation defended at RWTH-Aachen University;  (September 2019)

Ab-initio study of magnetic properties of surfaces and nanostructures made of CoPt binary alloys

Samy Brahimi (co-supervised with Prof. Hamid Bouzar)
PhD dissertation defended at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (April 2017)

Advanced modeling for end-of-the-roadmap CMOS and potential beyond-CMO applications  

Dax M. Crum
PhD dissertation at University of Texas at Austin (May 2016

First-principles investigation of inelastic magnetic excitations in nanostructure deposited on surfaces,

Benedikt Schweflinghaus
PhD dissertation defended at RWTH-Aachen University; Summa Cum Laude (November 2015)

Effect of spin-orbit scattering on transport properties of low-dimensional dilute alloys

Swantje Heers (co-supervised with Prof. Stefan Blügel and Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos)
PhD dissertation defended at RWTH-Aachen University; Summa Cum Laude (April 2011)

 Atomistic Spin-Dynamics in Confined Magnetic Nano-Structures (PDF, 8 MB)

David Bauer (co-supervised with Prof. Stefan Blügel and Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos)
Master thesis submitted to RWTH-Aachen University and defended at Forschungszentrum Jülich (September 2008)

Master:

Investigation of spin-excitations of nanostructures on surfaces

Ana M. Montero
Master thesis submitted to RWTH-Aachen University and defended at Forschungszentrum Jülich (February 2021)

Theoretical investigation of in-gap states emerging from magnetic nanostructures deposited on superconductors

Uriel Aceves
Master thesis submitted to RWTH-Aachen University and defended at Forschungszentrum Jülich (June 2020)

Interaction of Magnetic Skyrmions with Transition Metal Clusters

I. Gede Arjana
Master thesis submitted to RWTH-Aachen University and defended at Forschungszentrum Jülich (December 2018)

TITAN: A code and its applications for time-dependent transport and angular momentum in nanostructures

Jens Rene Suckert
Master thesis submitted to RWTH-Aachen University and defended at Forschungszentrum Jülich (February 2018)

First-principles investigation of charge and spin currents in magnetic nanostructures

Sascha Brinker
Master thesis submitted to RWTH-Aachen University and defended at Forschungszentrum Jülich (October 2016)
INNOMAG-Master prize 2017 of the German Magnetism Working group at the March meeting of DPG 

Chiral magnetism of adatoms mediated by a Rashba electron gas

Juba Bouaziz
Master thesis defended at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (September 2013)