​RESEARCH IDENTIFIERS

ORCID 0000-0002-6204-9948

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QCL8kUMAAAAJ

EDUCATION

May 2010 – Nov 2013 University of Mainz, Germany. PhD in Physics

                                            Thesis: Topological mass of magnetic Skyrmions probed by ultrafast dynamic imaging.

                                            Supervision by Prof. M. Kläui and Prof. S. Eisebitt.
Oct 2005 – Feb 2010 University of Göttingen, Germany. Diplom in Physics.

                                            Thesis: Thickness dependence of the magnetic properties of ripple-patterned Fe/MgO(001) films.

                                            Supervision by Prof. H. Hofsäss.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Jul 2022 – present    University of Augsburg, Germany. Professor.
                                            Institute of Physics, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism.
Mar 2020 – present   Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany. Group Leader.
                                            Joint Research Group “MaXRay – Magnetism and Coherent X-ray Imaging”.
Oct 2015 – Feb 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Postdoc.
                                            Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Advisor: Prof. G. Beach.
Feb 2014 – Jul 2015   Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany. IT Engineer.

                                            Rotational program “CAReer top talent program for future leader”

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

2024    Record resolution of 5 nm for photon-based magnetic imaging
2023    Demonstrated imaging of fluctuating states of matter
2021     Discovery of fluctuation-mediated ultrafast topological switching
2018     Observation of skyrmions in a compensated material (smallest room-temperature skyrmions as of today)
2017     Discovery of fast and deterministic current-induced skyrmion nucleation
2015     First pump-probe video of a moving skyrmion, confirming the quasi-particle nature of skyrmions and their equation of motion

2013     Developed time-resolved x-ray holography

SELECTED AWARDS

2022    Walter Schottky Prize of the German Physical Society

2020    Helmholtz Young Investigator Grant
2018     Best Young Researcher Award of the IEEE Italy and IEEE Magnetics Society