Optics, Electronics and Magnetism in 2D Materials Workshop (OEM-2D)

Thomas Frederiksen (TF) obtained his PhD in physics in 2007 from the Technical University of Denmark on the topic of inelastic transport theory for nanoscale systems. In 2008 he was awarded a 5­-year Gipuzkoa Fellowship to carry out research at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and abroad. In 2012 he was appointed Ikerbasque Research Professor at the DIPC where he leads a research group on Nanoelectronics. TF is one of the main developers of the DFT-NEGF code "Inelastica" to perform atomistic simulations of inelastic electron transport and local heating in nanoscale devices.

Jaroslav Fabian (PhD 1997, SUNY Stony Brook) is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Regensburg where he heads the Spintronics Group since 2004. Prior to that Jaroslav Fabian was on the faculty at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, and a research associate in University of Maryland at College Park, and Max-Planck Institute for Complex Systems in Dresden. Research activities of Jaroslav Fabian span a wide spectrum of theoretical and computational solid state physics, but are particularly focused on the physics of 2D materials and on the field of spintronics. He is a member of Graphene Flagship, and several collaborative research initiatives. Recently, he has been excited about the art of creating novel electronic and magnetic properties by proximity effects in stacks of 2D materials.

Prof. Frank Koppens obtained his PhD in experimental physics at Delft University, at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, The Netherlands. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, Since August 2010, Koppens is group leader at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). The quantum nano-optoelectronics group of Prof. Koppens focuses on both science and technology of novel two-dimensional materials and quantum materials. Prof. Koppens is vice-chairman of the executive board of the graphene flagship program, a 1000 MillionEuro project for 10 years. He is also the leader of the optoelectronics workpackage within the flagship. Koppens has received numerous ERC awards: the ERC starting grant, the ERC consolidator grant, and four ERC proof-of-concept grants. Other awards include the Christiaan Hugyensprijs 2012, the national award for research in Spain, the IUPAP young scientist prize in optics, and the ACS photonics investigator award. Since 2018 Koppens is on the Clarivate list for highly cited researchers, in the physics category. Koppens has been elected as fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022. In total, Koppens has published more than 120 refereed papers (H-index 69).