Master, Diploma and PhD Theses

Bachelor

2017

Disselkamp, Constantin, 28.04.2017 - 27.07.2017
Modelling in-plane spin currents in atomistic spin dynamics (PDF, 5 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Gideon Müller, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Orland, Fabian, 28.03.2017 - 27.06.2017
Comparative study of highly scalable parallel eigensolvers used in electronic structure calculations
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller, Prof. Dr. Paolo Bientinesi, RWTH-Aachen
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Dr. Uliana Alekseeva

2010

Steinbach Moritz, 15.06.2010 – 14.09.2010
Magnon-Phonon Wechselwirkung in atomaren Ketten
Co-Supervisor: Dr. M. Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

2009

Zielinski Jonas, 18.05.2009 – 17.08.2009
Tight-binding Modell einer eindimensionalen atomaren Kette
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Y. Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

Master

2019

Andrea Hanke, 01.05.2018 – 30.04.2019
Understanding electronic and structural properties of resistively switching oxides
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Marjana Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Moritz Sallermann, 23.04.2018 – 22.04.2019
Studying magnetic interactions in noncollinear spin states
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Fabian Bertoldo, 19.02.2018 – 18.02.2019

High-throughput investigation of the effect of impurities on the transport properties of topological insulators
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Philipp Rüßmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2018

Arjana I Gede, 01.11.2017 – 31.10.2018
Interaction of Magnetic Skyrmions with Transition Metal Clusters (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen
Maximilian Merte, 24.04.2017 – 23.04.2018
Electric polarization driven by chiral magnetism
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Matthias Redies, 24.04.2017 – 23.04.2018
Orbital magnetism in chiral magnets exposed to intrinsic and extrinsic electric fields
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Jens Rene Suckert, 15.02.2017 – 14.02.2018
Spin-orbit driven transport properties of metallic thin films in the Terahertz regime
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen

2017

Fabian Lux, 11.04.2016 – 10.04.2017
Higher-order Kubo response applied to orbital magnetism and Hall effects in chiral magnets
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen
Steven Rendon Restrepo, 11.04.2016 – 10.04.2017
Quasiparticle scattering states in Weyl Semimetals
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Luiz Felipe Aguinsky, 11.04.2016 – 10.04.2017
First principles calculations of complex geometric phase effects in magnetic films
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen

2016

Schürhoff Daniel, 16.11.2015 – 15.11.2016
Atomistic Spin Dynamics with Real Time Control of Simulation Parameters and Visualisation (PDF, 5 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Sascha Brinker, 26.10.2015 – 25.10.2016
First-principles investigation of charge and spin currents in magnetic nanostructures (PDF, 24 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Manuel dos Santos Dias, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen
Max Nusspickel, 10.10.2015 – 09.10.2016
Application of the exact exchange functional of density functional theory to magnetic metals within the FLAPW method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Markus Betzinger, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2015

Bröder Jens, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Density Functional Theory Simulations on Tungsten and Beryllium Alloys for ITER
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Kirchmair Johannes, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Berechnung von RPA-Spektren mittels Wannier-Interpolation
Co-Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Müller Gideon, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Exploring the energy landscape of skyrmions
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Ohs Nicholas, 01.10.2014 – 30.09.2015
Tight-binding models of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Aboulouz Emad, 01.02.2014 – 31.01.2015
Spin scattering of topologically protected electrons at defects by the relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green function method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2014

Dörr Kerstin, 01.10.2013 – 30.09.2014
Electronic Structure of Pyrochlore Iridates from First Principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH Aachen
Buhl Patrick, 01.10.2013 – 30.09.2014
Models, realization and properties of Weyl metals
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen
Hanke Jan-Philipp, 01.10.2013 – 25.09.2014
Generalized Wannier functions for a description of multi-parameter ab initio Hamiltonians
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Xu Lei, 01.05.2013 – 31.04.2014
Electronic and magnetic properties of strained CoPt3 films from first principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH-Aachen
Rüßmann Philipp, 01.04.2013 – 31.03.2014
Electron scattering by defects at interfaces of strong spin-orbit solids
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

2013
Bouaziz Juba, 01.03.2012 – 15.09.2013
Langreichweitige Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Wechselwirkungen vermittelt durch spinaufgespaltete Rashba Elektronen
Supervisor: Dr. S. Lounis, Universität Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algerien
Czaja Philippe, 01.07.2012 – 31.03.2013
Ab-initio Berechnung der orbitalen Magnetisierung in ungeordneten Festkörpern
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH-Aachen

2011
Weischenberg Jürgen, 01.10.2010 – 17.11.2011
Multi-Band Side-Jump Scattering Contribution to Anomalous Hall Conductivity from Ab Initio (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH-Aachen

Müller Mathias Christian Thomas David, 01.09.2010 – 31.08.2011
Calculation of the full-selfenergy matrix within the GW approximation
Co-Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

Diploma Theses

2013

Tillmanns Konstantin, 15.10.2012 - 01.08.2013
Magnetic phase transitions from electronic structure theory
Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos

2012

Klüppelberg Daniel Aaron, 01.07.2010 – 01.02.2012
Calculation of stress tensor within the ab-initio full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method (PDF, 756 kB)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Dr. Marjana Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel

2011

Kordt Pascal, 01.09.2010 – 31.01.2012
Single-Site Green-Function of the Dirac Equation for Full-Potential Electron Scattering (PDF, 3 MB)
Co-Supervisor Dr. R. Zeller, Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Schweflinghaus Benedikt Johannes, 26.04.2010 – 31.10.2011
Ab initio investigation of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in transition-metal chains deposited on Platinum step-edges (PDF, 4 MB)
Co-Supervisor Dr. Bihlmayer, Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

2010

Adolphs Clemens, 01.10.2009 – 30.09.2010
Exact Diagonalization of strongly Correlated Systems
Supervisor: Herr PD Dr. E. Koch, RWTH-Aachen
Schena Timo, 01.07.2009 – 30.06.2010
Tight-Binding Treatment of Complex Magnetic Structures in Low-Dimensional Systems (PDF, 4 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr C. Barreteau (CEA, Orsay), Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Zimmermann Bernd, 01.04.2009 – 31.03.2010
Calculation of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in ultrathin magnetic Films: Cr/W(110) (PDF, 4 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

2008
Hirschfeld Julian, 01.12.2007 – 30.11.2008
Tomographic Problems in the Diagnostics of Fuel Cell Stacks (PDF, 2 MB)
Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich 4291; ISSN 0944-2952
Supervisor: PD. Dr. H. Lustfeld, Universität Duisburg-Essen,
Bauer David, 17.09.2007 – 16.09.2008
Atomistic Spin-Dynamics in Confined Magnetic Nano-Structures (PDF, 8 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Baumeister Paul, 01.02.2007 – 31.01.2008
First Principles Calculations of Quantum Transport Properties through PI-Conjugated Molecules (PDF, 2 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. T. Ono (Osaka), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel

2007
Betzinger Markus, 01.10.2006 – 30.09.2007
Efficient Implementation of the Non-Local Exchange Potential within the FLAPW Method (PDF, 2 MB)
Co-Supervisor Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Hanuschkin Alexander, 01.06.2006 – 13.07.2007
Investigation of Image Potential States with the Green Function Embedding Technique (PDF, 19 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. D. Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Heers Swantje, 01.06.2006 – 15.07.2007
Influence of exchange and correlation on the conductance in semi-infinite scattering setups (PDF, 1 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Schindlmayr, Dr. D. Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Gierlich Andreas, 01.04.2006 – 31.03.2007
Treatment of Electronic Correlation in Magnetic Materials within the Fluctuation-Exchange Method (PDF, 2 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Schindlmayr, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2006
Dolfen Andreas, 01.10.2005 – 30.09.2006
Massively parallel exact diagonalization of strongly correlated systems (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Co-Supervisor: PD Dr. E. Koch, RWTH-Aachen

2003
Niesert Manfred, 01.09.2002 – 02.09.2003
Ab initio calculations of the optical properties of phase-change materials (PDF, 1 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

2000
Förster Friedrich 1999 – 2000
Untersuchung von nichtkollinearem Magnetismus in ultradünnen Filmen (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: PD Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Wortmann Daniel, -2000
Elektronentheorie zur Beschreibung von Rastertunnel-Mikroskopie und -Spektroskopie von magnetischen Metalloberflächen (PDF, 2 MB)
Universität Dortmund

1997

Kurz Philipp, - 01.1997
Non-Collinear Magnetism of Ultrathin Magnetic Films (PDF, 1 MB)
Supervisor: PD. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

1996

Pentcheva Rossitza 1995 – 10.1996
Ab initio Rechnungen zum Zusammenhang zwischen Magnetismus und Struktur ultradünner Filme (PDF, 2 MB)
Jülich Report 3364 ISSN 0944-2952, Okt. 1996
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Eberhardt, PD. Stefan Blügel, Universität zu Köln

Ph.D. Theses

2021

Vladyslav Kuchkin, 01.08.2018 – 31.10.2021
Theory of hybrid magnetic solitons in chiral magnets
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Maximilian Merte, 01.07.2018 – 30.09.2021
Microscopic theory of electrically- and laser-induced orbital dynamics in antiferromagnets
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Matthias Redies, 01.07.2018 – 30.09.2021
Parallel implementation and evalution of hybrid exchange-correlation functionals on exascale high-performance computers
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Stefan Rost, 01.04.2018 – 30.06.2021
Elektronische Struktur und Quantentransport in 2D Materialien, inklusive topologischen Isolatoren, mit Betonung von Streuung
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Hanan Hamamera, 01.03.2018 – 28.02.2021
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen

2020

Fabian Lux, 01.07.2017 – 30.09.2020
Transport properties and topological characterization of two- and three-dimensional topological magnetization solitons
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2019

Jens Bröder, 01.11.2015 – 31.01.2019
Ab-initio approach to fusion relevant material problems
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Sascha Brinker, 01.11.2015 – 31.01.2019
Ab-initio investigation of dynamical currents in magnetic nanstructures on surfaces
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen
Christian-Roman Gerhorst, 01.11.2015 – 31.01.2019
Density functional perturbation theory within the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented planewave method: application to phonons
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Jannis Ehrlich, 01.08.2018 – 31.07.2019
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Miriam Hinzen, 01.04.2016 – 31.03.2019
Robust methods for achieving self-consistency in large-scale ab-initio quantum mechanical calculations
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Di Napoli, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Gideon Philipp Müller, 01.02.2016 – 30.01.2019
Formation and stability of particle like states localized in three-dimensional magnetic systems
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nikolai Kiselev, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2018

Buhl, Patrick Markus, 01.02.2015 – 31.12.2018
Transport in globally chiral and locally complex magnetic sturctures
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen
Dos Santos Flaviano José, 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2018
Dynamical spin-excitations in magnetic thin films and surfaces
Supervisor: Dr. S. Lounis, RWTH-Aachen
Dörr Kerstin, 01.12.2014 – 28.02.2018
Interplay of spin-orbit coupling, correlation and magnetism in Iridium compounds
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH Aachen
Bornemann Marcel, 01.12.2014 – 28.02.2018
Investigation of electronic structure and energetics of inhomogeneous solids in large real space models
Co-Supervisor: Dr. R. Zeller, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2017

Hanke Jan-Philipp, 01.10.2014 – 31.12.2017
Transport properties and topological characterization of chiral magnetic structures from advanced ab-initio techniques
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yuriy Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen
Gibertini Marta, 01.06.2014 – 31.08.2017
Ab initio investigation of properties and processes relevant to resistive switching in HfO2
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Bouaziz Juba, 01.05.2014 – 31.07.2017
Theoretical investigation of dynamical spin-excitations in impurities deposited on topological insulators
Supervisor: Dr. S. Lounis, RWTH-Aachen
Rüßmann Philipp, 01.05.2014 – 31.07.2017
Spin scattering of topologically protected electrons at defects
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phivos Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Hoffmann Markus, 17.03.2014 – 16.06.2017
Ab-initio Investigation of Skyrmions in thin films
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2016

Müller Mathias Christian Thomas David, 01.09.2013 – 30.11.2016
Spin-wave excitations and electron-magnon scattering in elementary ferromagnets from ab initio many-body perturbation theory (PDF, 6 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Geranton Guillaume, 01.07.2013 – 30.09.2016
Spin-torque driven dynamics and excitation of chiral magnets from first-principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH-Aachen
Bhat Kaustubh, 01.06.2013 – 31.08.2016
Theoretical investigation of the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Lustfeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Friedrich Rico, 01.04.2013 – 29.06.2016
Ab initio investigation of hybrid molecular-metallic interfaces as a tool to design surface magnetic properties for molecular spintronics (PDF, 68 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. N. Atodiresei, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2015

Klüppelberg Daniel Aaron, 01.04.2012 – 30.06.2015
First-principle investigation of displacive response in complex solids
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Markus Betzinger, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Weischenberg Jürgen, 15.12.2011 – 14.03.2015
Transport in systems with broken scalar and vector spin chirality from first principles
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, RWTH Aachen
Schweflinghaus Benedikt, 01.11.2011 – 13.11.2015
First-principles investigation of inelastic magnetic excitations in nanostructures deposited on surfaces
Supervisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Samir Lounis, RWTH Aachen
Neroni Andrea, 01.11.2011 – 31.01.2015
Ab-initio investigations of multiferroic nanojunctions
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Lezaic, RWTH-Aachen
Jokar Jeiran, 20.10.2011 – 19.01.2015
Nicht-adiabatische Näherungen in zeitabhängiger Dichtefunktionaltheorie
Supervisor: Dr. N. Helbig, RWTH-Aachen
Rossen Siebe, 10.01.2011 – 01.01.2015

2014

Jacobsson Adam, 01.07.2009 – 10.03.2015
Magnon-Phonon interaction from first-principles density functional theory
Supervisor: Dr. M. Lezaic, Uppsala University
Schena Timo, 18.07.2011 – 18.10.2014
Surfaces and defects of materials for photovoltaic applications
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Rabel Elias, 01.07.2011 – 30.09.2014
Electronic properties of nano-scale structural defects in resistively switching chalcogenides investigated by the order-N Korringa-Kohn-Rostocker Green-function method
Co-Supervisor: Dr. R. Zeller, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Zimmermann Bernd, 15.07.2010 - 06.05.2014
Ab initio description of transverse transport due to impurity scattering in transition-metals
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Y. Mokrousov, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2013

Callsen Martin, 01.09.2010 – 10.12.2013
Ab initio design of switchable molecular units for molecular electronics
Co-Supervisor: Dr. N. Atodiresei, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Michalicek Gregor, 15.05.2010 - 30.10.2013
Development of an efficient Full-Potential Linearized Augmented Plane Wave Method
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2012

Popova Darya, 01.08.2009 – 19.03.2013
Quantitative Description of the Inverse Faraday Effect
Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Bringer, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Schlipf Martin, 01.06.2008 – 29.02.2012
Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof Screened-Exchange Hybrid Functional for Complex Materials: All-Electron Implementation and Application (PDF, 10 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. M. Lezaic, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Baumeister Paul, 01.07.2008 – 13.02.2012
Real-Space Finite-Difference PAW Method for Large-Scale Applications on Massively Parallel Computers (PDF, 29 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. D. Wortmann, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Bauer David, 01.04.2009 – 31.11.2012
Development of a relativistic full-potential first-principles multiple scattering Green function method applied to complex magnetic textures of nano structures at surfaces
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Hirschfeld Julian, 01.03.2009 – 29.06.2012
Ab initio investigation of ground-states and ionic motion in particular in zirconia-based solid-oxide electrolytes (PDF, 15 MB)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Dr. H. Lustfeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, University of Duisburg-Essen

2011

Lorenz Boris, 01.08.2008 – 29.07.2011
Contact Mechanics and Friction of Elastic Solids on Hard and Rough Substrates
Supervisor: Dr. B. N. J. Persson
Thieß Alexander, 01.01.2008 – 30.06.2011
Development and application of a massively parallel KKR Green function method for large scale systems (PDF, 14 MB)
ECOSS Prize 2008 for "Best Student Lecture" 2008, Supervisor Dr. R. Zeller
Betzinger Markus, 01.12.2007 – 05.07.2011
Orbital-dependent exchange-correlation functionals in density-functional theory realized by the FLAPW method (PDF, 8 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. C. Friedrich
Heers Swantje, 15.10.2007 – 20.04.2011
Effect of spin-orbit scattering on transport properties of low-dimensional dilute alloys (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos
Rahmanizadeh Kourosh, 01.08.2006 – 02.02.2011
FerroelectricMaterials with Interfaces: First Principles Calculations (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, RWTH-Aachen
Niesert Manfred, 01.12.2003 – 20.05.2011
Ab initio Calculations of Spin-Wave Excitation Spectra from Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Gierlich Andreas, 01.05.2007 – 15.03.2011
All-Electron GW Calculations for Perovskite Transition-Metal Oxides (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Dr. A. Schindlmayr, Dr. C. Friedrich, RWTH Aachen
Freimuth Frank, 01.06.2006 – 02.02.2011
An Efficient Full-Potential Linearized Augmented-Plane-Wave Electronic Structure Method for Charge and Spin Transport through realistic Nanoferronic Junctions (PDF, 11 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. D. Wortmann, RWTH-Aachen

2010

Dolfen Andreas, 01.11.2006 – 23.09.2010
Strong Electronic Correlations in Low-Dimensional Systems (PDF, 10 MB)
Supervisor: PD Dr. E. Koch, RWTH-Aachen

2009

Al-Zubi Ali, 15.07.2006 – 14.07.2009
Ab initio investigations of magnetic properties of ultrathin transition-metal films on 4d substrates (PDF, 5 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, RWTH-Aachen

2008

Yang Chunyan, 01.04.2005 – 31.03.2008

Role of Surface Roughness in Tribology: From Atomic to Macroscopic Scale (PDF, 5 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. B. Persson, TU Berlin
Woodford Simon, 01.10.2005 – 30.09.2008
Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics (PDF, 3 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Bringer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, RWTH Aachen

2006

Lounis Samir, 01.05.2003 – 15.07.2006
Theory of Magnetic Transition Metal Nanoclusters on Surfaces (PDF, 3 MB)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. P. H. Dederichs, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen
Heide Markus, 01.04.2001 - 28.02.2006
Magnetic domain walls in ultrathin films: Contribution of the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction (PDF, 2 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, Prof. Dr. Peter Heinz Dederichs, RWTH Aachen

2005

Mokrousov Yuri, 15.02.2002 – 24.05.2005
Ab initio All-electron Full-potential Linearized Augmented Plane-wave Method for One-dimensional Systems (PDF, 5 MB)
Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel, Prof. Dr. Peter Heinz Dederichs, RWTH Aachen
Lezaic Marjana, 15.02.2002 – 24.05.2005
Spin-gap Materials from First Principles: Properties and Applications of Half-metallic Ferromagnets (PDF, 7 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, Dr. Ph. Mavropoulos, RWTH-Aachen

2004

Atodiresei Nicolae, 01.02.2001 – 15.05.2004
First Principles Theory of Organic Molecules on Metal surfaces: Formate, 3-Thiophene-carboxylate and Glycinate on Cu(110) (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Schroeder, RWTH-Aachen

2003

Wortmann Daniel, 01.03.2000 - 04.07.2003
An Embedding Green Function Approach for Electron Transport through Interfaces (PDF, 4 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH-Aachen

2002

Antons Armin 1999 – 2002
First-Principles Investigation of Initial Stages of Surfactant Mediated Growth an the Si(111) Substrate (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Schroeder, RWTH-Aachen
Berger Ralf 1996 – 2002
Berechnung von Stufenkanten auf der As-bedeckten Si(111)-Oberfläche mit einem parallelisierten ab initio Programm (PDF, 16 MB)
Supervisor: apl.Prof. Dr.rer.nat. K. Schroeder, Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. P.H. Dederichs, RWTH Aachen

2001

Kromen Winfried 1995 – 2001
Die Projector Augmented Wave-Methode: Ein schnelles Allelektronenverfahren für die ab-initio-Molekulardynamik
RWTH Aachen

2000

Kurz Philipp 1996 - 2000
Non-Collinear Magnetism at Surfaces and in Ultrathin Films (PDF, 5 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. G. Bihlmayer, PD. Dr. S. Blügel, RWTH Aachen
Heinze Stefan 1996 – 2000
First-Principles Theory of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy applied to Transition-Metall Surfaces (PDF, 10 MB)

1998

Montanari Barbara
Density Functional Study of Organic Systems: Molecules, Polymers, and Crystals (PDF, 7 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. R.O. Jones, Universität zu Köln

1996

Engels Benedikt 1990 – 1996
Ab initio Berechnung der (110) Oberfläche von III-V Halbleitern: Simulation von Rastertunnelmikroskopie-Aufnahmen (PDF, 9 MB)
Hunsicker Stefan
Structure and Spectroscopy of Charged and Neutral Clusters. A Density Functional Study (PDF, 15 MB)
Supervisor: Dr. R.O. Jones, RWTH Aachen
Richard Peter 1992 – 1996
Banddiskontinuitäten an III-V-Halbleitergrenzflächen: Verspannungsabhängigkeit und Einfluß von Zwischenschichten

Habilitations (Post-Doctoral Lectureships)
Koch Erik Dr. 17. Juli 2006
The doped Fullerenes: A family of strongly correlated systems
Scientist at PGI, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Professorship recognized at RWTH Aachen University, Supervisor: Herr Prof. Dr. S. Blügel