American Physical Society elects Mainz-based physicist Mathias Kläui as APS Fellow

Solid state physicist is honored for his experimental work in the field of nanomagnetism and spintronics

The solid state physicist Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). According to the APS, Kläui received the award for his experimental studies of magnetic materials, spin transport and the dynamics and manipulation of spin textures at the nano level. Kläui heads a working group at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) that is dealing with the future technology of spintronics. Spintronics uses the magnetic moment of the electrons in addition to the electric charge and is considered a promising technology to replace semiconductors in various applications when this technology reaches its limits.
 
Mathias Kläui studied mathematics and physics at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Cambridge, UK. Kläui later also did his doctorate in physics in Cambridge before he worked as a postdoc at the IBM research center in Rüschlikon, Switzerland. After positions at the University of Konstanz and in Switzerland, he was appointed to the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz in 2011. Here Kläui has been director of the Excellence Graduate School Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ) since 2012. Since 2016 he has been site spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center TRR173 Spin+X and since 2019 spokesman for the profile area TopDyn - Dynamics and Topology. In 2014 he became the founding director of the Gutenberg Junior Research College (GNK), which is dedicated to promoting outstanding young scientists.

Research awarded in the field of nanomagnetism

In 2011, Mathias Kläui received the Nicholas Kurti Prize for his research in the field of nanomagnetism. In 2014 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics for outstanding contributions to nanomagnetism and spin dynamics. In October 2019, the IEEE Magnetics Society, the world's largest professional association for magnetism, awarded him the distinction of "Distinguished Lecturer 2020".
 
The physicist received various grants for his research work, in particular from the EU: In 2009 and 2015, the European Research Council approved an ERC Starting Grant and a Proof of Concept Grant for the investigation of spin currents and the development of novel magnetic sensors - in order to bridge the gap between basic research and beat commercial application. Finally, last year Mathias Kläui received one of the highly coveted ERC Synergy Grants together with his cooperation partners at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. In this ERC project, the partners want to track down largely unknown nanoscale magnetic structures in three dimensions that have particle-like properties and whose existence has so far only been theoretically predicted in outline.
 
The American Physical Society, with over 55,000 members, is one of the largest scientific societies in physics, along with the German Physical Society (DPG). It was founded in 1899 and has the task of advancing and spreading physical knowledge. Each year, the professional society elevates a maximum of half a percent of its members to fellow status, i.e. currently around 275 people. The election is considered a special honor because the application is checked completely by the respective specialist colleagues. The award is given to scientists who have made significant advances in basic research or have made important contributions to scientific or technological applications.
 

Picture material:

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Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui
Foto/©: Peter Pulkowski
 
 

Links:

https://www.klaeui-lab.physik.uni-mainz.de – Kläui-Lab at Institute of Physics
https://www.mainz.uni-mainz.de/ – Exzellence Graduate School „Materials Science in Mainz" (MAINZ)
https://topdyn.uni-mainz.de/ – Profile area TopDyn
https://trr173.spin-engineering.de/ – Collaborative Research Center Spin+X
https://www.aps.org/ – American Physical Society
 
 

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui
Condensed Matter Physics
University of Mainz
Institute of Physics
55099 Mainz
Tel. +49 6131 39-23633
E-Mail: klaeui@uni-mainz.de
https://www.klaeui-lab.physik.uni-mainz.de/homepage-prof-dr-mathias-klaeui/
 

Read more:

https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/9948_DEU_HTML.php – Press release „ERC-Förderung für die Erforschung von dreidimensionalen magnetischen Nanostrukturen“ (11.10.2019)
https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/64156.php – Press release „Festkörperphysiker Mathias Kläui erhält ERC Proof of Concept Grant für Entwicklung neuartiger Magnetsensoren für Anwendungen mit Tausenden Umdrehungen“ (03.03.2015)
https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/63389.php – Press release „Mathias Kläui zum Fellow des Institute of Physics ernannt“ (04.12.2014)
https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/59242.php – Press release „Mainzer Stipendiaten geben ehrenamtlich Nachhilfe“ (27.01.2014)
https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/46873.php – Press release „Physiker der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz erhält Nicholas Kurti-Preis 2011“ (06.07.2011)