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Dr. Benjamin Jungfleisch

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
M.S. in Physics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Honors and Awards
2024 Nation Science Foundation CAREER Award
2019 Department of Energy Early Career Award
2018 University of Delaware Research Foundation Award
2018 NSF EPSCoR RII Track-4 Research Fellow

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mbj@udel.edu
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Postdocs
Anish Rai

Dr. Anish Rai

Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (Dec 2021)
M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (May 2021)
M.Sc. in Physics, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (2010)

My research interests are: Magnetization dynamics and relaxation mechanisms, materials for spintronics applications, hybrid magnons for quantum devices.

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Dr. Vinayak S Bhat

Ph.D., Physics, University of Kentucky (2014)
M.S., Physics, University of Kentucky (2009)

Nanofabrication of 3D artificial spin ices (ASIs) and studying the ASIs using all electrical spin wave spectroscopy, Brillouin light scattering microscopy and micromagnetic simulations.
vbhat@udel.edu
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Dr. Laura Scheuer

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
M.S. in Physics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

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Dr. Amrit Kumar Mondal

Scientist C (TRC Project), SNBNCBS, Kolkata, India (August 2023 to September 2024)
Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Calcutta (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, India (April 2024)
M.Sc. in Physics, Burdwan University, Burdwan, India (August 2016)

Magnetic spin texture-driven spin-wave dynamics, nanofabrication of various artificial spin ices, hybrid quantum magnonics, ultrafast spin dynamics in ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic thin films for spintronics application.

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Graduate students

Weipeng Wu (Physics)

B.S. in Physics from Wuhan University, China (2017)

I currently working on THz spintronics, mostly on developing novel spintronic THz emitters and setting up a time-domain THz spectroscopy system.

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Mohammad Tomal Hossain (Physics)

M.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, USA (2019)
B.S. in Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016)

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Dinesh Wagle (Physics)

M.S. in Physics, Miami University, Ohio, USA
B.S. in Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

My research interest is to study the physics of magnonic systems at the quantum level. I enjoy doing experimental works.

wagled@udel.edu
Rawnak Sultana (Physics)

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018)
I am broadly interest in learning and finding applications for different quantum systems. For now, I am studying artificial spin ice and I want to see how they react when I excite them with different magnetic fields. I enjoy reading and learning new things 🙂
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Shreya Shrestha (Physics)

B.S. in Applied Physics, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal

I’m interested in ultrafast spintronics.

sthashre@udel.edu

Bijaya Kharel (Physics)

M. Sc. in Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (2017)

My research interest is in artificial spin ice, spin transfer torque, and magnetization dynamics.

bijaya@udel.edu

Raheel Saleem (Physics)

Master of Philosophy in Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan

Master of Science in Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan

raheel@udel.edu

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Nick Jaber (Quantum Science and Engineering)

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, North Carolina, USA (2023)
B.S. in Physics, University of California Irvine, California, USA (2021)

I’m most interested in using integrated photonic circuits for quantum networking applications in ultra high vacuum and low temperature environments.

njjaber@udel.edu

International students
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Yu Maruyama
Visiting PhD student from Kyoto University (May 2024 ~ Sep. 2024)
M.S. in Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
B.S. in Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japanmaruyama@udel.edu
maruyama.yuu.65w@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Undergraduate students

William Neuschwender 

UD CHARM REU Undergraduate Researcher Summer 2023, 2024

B.S. Applied Physics and B.A. Mathematics at SUNY Geneseo

Alumni

Arthur Bousquet

Visiting undergraduate student working on Exploring BiSb-based magnetic heterostructures for spintronic THz emission, Summer 2024

M.S., École polytechnique, Paris, France (2024)

Dr. Mojtaba Taghipour Kaffash

Ph.D. in Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware (2023)

M.S. in Photonics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran (2014)
B.S. in Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Razi, Kermanshah, Iran (2012)

My research focus is in the field of magnonics and photon-magnon coupling in nanomagnetic devices. In particular, I am interest in artificial spin ice for magnonic applications.

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Joshua Mizrachi

Undergraduate researcher working on APS GMAG sponsored outreach project on “Demonstration of magnetic frustration in a macroscopic spin-ice network”

B.S. in Physics, University of Delaware, USA

Caden Myers

UDCHARM REU Undergraduate researcher in our group, Summer 2022

B.S. in Material Science & Engineering, University of Utah, USA

Jayden Pothoof

UDCHARM REU Undergraduate researcher in our group, Summer 2021

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a Robotics minor at Trine University

James Sturm

Undergraduate researcher in our group, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019
B.S. in Physics from the University of Delaware (2019)
Currently graduate student at TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

Dr. Sergi Lendinez

Postdoctoral researcher, October 2018 – February 2021
M.S. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Barcelona, Spain (2010)
Ph.D. in Nanoscience, University of Barcelona, Spain (2016)

Now Assistant Director of Nanofabrication Facility at Louisiana State University

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