The Web of Science has selected Axel Hoffmann as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2024, which is the fifth year in a row. The list recognizes leading researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world. It is based on an analysis of journal article publication and citation data, an objective measure of a researcher’s influence, from 2013-2023.  More details can be found in the Illinois News Feed.

Myoung Woo Yoo has demonstrated a new method, which allows to quantitatively evaluate thermal effects in spintronics devices. This approach is also applicable to other possible microelectronics devices. More details can be found in the UIUC news release and also in the related published paper in APL Materials, which also has been highlighted as an editor’s pick.

Tzu-Hsiang Lo was awarded a “Study Abroad Scholarship” from the Ministry of Education of the Taiwanese Government. During his two year research supported by this scholarship he will focus on non-reciprocal magnon phenomena.

Axel Hoffmann was awarded a Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. As part of this award he will pursue research in Germany on spin-orbitronics phenomena. More details can be found here.

On April 4, 2024, Axel Hoffmann presented the inaugural Sellmyer Lecture at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. David Sellmyer had worked for almost 50 years at the University of Nebraska and had a wide-ranging impact on magnetism and nanoscience research.

The Web of Science has selected Axel Hoffmann as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2023, which is the fourth year in a row. The list recognizes leading researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world. It is based on an analysis of journal article publication and citation data, an objective measure of a researcher’s influence, from 2012-2022.  More details can be found in the Illinois News Feed.

Axel Hoffmann is part of the newly renewed Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), which brings together multiple research hers from many disciplines to focus on cutting edge materials science. As part of the MRSEC, the Hoffmann research group will work on two-dimensional strainscapes, where local distributions of strains will be used to tailor the properties of novel quantum materials.

Axel Hoffmann discusses Magnetism, Flying, and Neuromorphic Computing on the UIUC Talkshow. See the whole interview here.

Axel Hoffmann together with Ying Diao from Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering will participate in a new MURI project on “Elucidating Interplays of Chirality and Spin in Chiral Assemblies” led by Dali Sun at North Carolina State University. This may lay the foundation for new approaches for controlling magnetic states for information technologies.

Tzu-Hsiang Lo and Robert Kaman have been accepted into the U.S. Quantum Information Summer School, which will be held at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois during August 6–15, 2023.