Invited Speakers
Prof. Albert Fert, Nobel Prize in Physics 2007
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales and Université Paris Sud
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/338.htm
http://www.trt.thalesgroup.com/ump-cnrs-thales/
Prof. Fert is the father of the field of spintronics, initiated with the discovery, in Fert’s lab, of the giant magnetoresistance effect in magnetic multilayers. In 2007 Prof. Fert was awarded, together with Prof. Peter Grunberg, the Nobel prize in Physics.
Prof. Martin Aeschlimann
University of Kaiserslautern
http://www.physik.uni-kl.de/aeschlimann/
The work of Prof. Martin Aeschlimann (experimental physicist) tackles phenoma at surfaces as electron excitations, spin dynamics, magnetization dynamics.
Prof. Marco Affronte
C.N.R. I.N.F.M.- S3 National Research Centre and Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
http://www.s3.infm.it/scheda_pers.php?ID_PERS=509?opt=info
Research interests of Prof. Marco Affronte include molecular spin qubits, magnetic molecular clusters and molecular spin chains. In particular his research aims at using magnetic molecules for quantum logic.
Dr. Nicolae Atodiresei
Institut für Festkörperforschung and Institute for Advanced Simulation, FZ Jülich
http://www.fz-juelich.de/iff/d_th1
Dr. Nicolae Atodiresei (theoretical chemist) is expert on numerically modelling the spin-dependent electronic structure in molecule-metal interfaces.
Prof. Peter A. Bobbert
Eindhoven University of Technology
http://yp.phys.tue.nl/showemp.php/185
The work of Prof. Peter A. Bobbert concerns organic spintronics and spin relaxation. He pioneered the theory of the organic magneto-resistance.
Dr. Valentin Dediu
Institute for Nanostructured Materials, CNR Bologna
http://www.bo.ismn.cnr.it/research.php?idcomm=19
Dr. Valentin Dediu’s first demonstration of spin-valve operation in organic materials opened the field of organic spintronics. His current research interests include organic spin devices, magnetic oxides and nanomagnetism for biomedical applications.
Prof. Nicholas Kioussis
W. M. Keck Comput. Materials Theory Center- California
http://www.csun.edu/~nkioussi/
The research work of Prof. Nicholas Kioussis has been focused on theoretical studies of spin-dependent transport (spin torque, tunnel magnetoresistance) in magnetic tunnel junctions and graphene nanosystems and multiscale modeling of materials.
Prof. Laurens Molenkamp
University of Würzburg
http://www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/EP3/
Prof. Laurens Molenkamp is experimental physicists in the field of transport phenomena related to quantum transport, magnetic semiconductors, quantum spin hall.
Prof. Jagadeesh S. Moodera
Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu/fbml/moodera/index.html
The work of Prof. Jagadeesh S. Moodera spans from investigation of magnetic and superconducting thin films to Magnetic tunnel junctions, Spin filters, Spin Injection in semiconductors and organic spintronics.
Dr. Vladimir Prigodin
Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, USA
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~mepl/
Dr. Prigodin is a world’s leading expert in charge and spin transport in organic semiconductors and metals. His research activity include organic, molecular, and polymer based spintronics.
Dr. Mario Ruben
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nanotechnologie
http://www.ruben-group.de/
Dr. Mario Ruben is an expert in the fields of Molecular Magnetism, Single Molecule Magnets (SMM), Spin Transition Compounds.
Prof. Roberta Sessoli
Dipartimento di Chimica dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze, Consorzio Interuniversitario per La Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM)
http://www.chim1.unifi.it/LAMM/rhouk.htm
Prof. Roberta Sessoli activity spans from molecular magnetism to the investigation of grafted magnetic molecules for application in molecular spintronics. She is one of the pioneers of the field.
Dr. Reasmey Tan
Université de Toulouse, LPCNO, INSA-CNRS-UPS, Toulouse
The work of Dr. Reasmey Tan concerns magnetotransport through magnetic nanoparticles superlattices.
Prof. Heiko Wende
University of Duisburg-Essen
http://www.uni-due.de/physik/wende/
Prof. Heiko Wende is experimental physicist and approaches magnetic molecule-metal interfaces by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD).
