Welcome to the website of the Working group / Arbeitsgruppe (AG) Theory of Spin Systems.
We are theoretical solid-state physicists with a keen interest in the spin degree of freedom. Please see our Research page for further details. We enjoy working with colleagues, both at the RPTU and internationally. Our theoretical projects keep a close eye on experimental feasibility and advancements.
We also take great pride and joy in educating students. This includes teaching courses (see Teaching page), supervising research projects and theses, as well as guiding students in developing leadership skills.
We are always happy to welcome new group members who share our enthusiasm towards learning, self-development, and contributing to the development of people and institutions around us.
News
1st September 2025
Darpa Narayan Basu has joined the group as a PhD student. Darpa obtained his master's from IIT Dhanbad in India and completed his thesis work with our collaborator Prof. Ritwik Mondal. Welcome Darpa!
1st May 2025
Jannis Finn Masanetz and Jannik Ockenfels have joined the group. Jannis is pursing diploma studies and Jannik is enrolled in the master program. Welcome Jannik and Jannis!
1st April 2025
Our postdoctoral fellow Dr. Subrata Chakraborty has been offered and accepted an assistant professor position at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Dubai. We congratulate Subrata on this well-deserved accomplishment, wish him luck in his new position, and hope to keep in touch in the future as well. All the best, Subrata!
21st March 2025
Our article Magnon-mediated exciton–exciton interaction in a van der Waals antiferromagnet has been published in Nature Materials. Thanks to colleagues from New York, Prague, London, and Golden, Colorado for the exciting collaboration. Special thanks and congratulations to the Menon group at CUNY which led the project.
1st March 2025
Marvin Goronczy has joined the group as a research assistant. He plans to work on spin dynamics and transport in antiferromagnets. Welcome Marvin!
14th February 2025
Our article Nonreciprocity in Magnon Mediated Charge-Spin-Orbital Current Interconversion has been published in Nano Letters. Thanks to our Spin+X colleagues in Mainz, especially the Kläui group which led this project, for the exciting collaboration.
Postal address
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Building 46
D-67663 Kaiserslautern
Germany