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

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tomal@udel.edu

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

I’m interested in ultrafast spintronics.

sthashre@udel.edu

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

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

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

raheel@udel.edu

Visiting undergraduate student Summer 2025

B.S. Candidate in Physics, University of Antioquia, Colombia (May 2024 ~ Sep. 2024)

Juan’s research focuses on magnetization dynamics in nanoscale systems. He employs micromagnetic simulations to investigate nanostructures such as magnetic nanoparticles and artificial spin ice (ASI), exploring potential applications in magnon-based devices and magnetic hyperthermia.

Research Interests: Spin dynamics, micromagnetism, nanomagnetism, magnonics, and magnetic hyperthermia.

Other Interests: Table tennis competitions, traveling, and cultural exchange.

jmalba@udel.edu
manuel.albarracin@udea.edu.co

UD CHARM REU Undergraduate Researcher Summer 2023, 2024

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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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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

UDCHARM REU Undergraduate researcher in our group, Summer 2022

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

UDCHARM REU Undergraduate researcher in our group, Summer 2021

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

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

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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