Prof. Dr. Silke Bühler-Paschen
Project leader

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BSc Judith Benkö
November 2018 - March 2019

• BSc (Physics) from TU Wien (2015)
• Tasks in project: Crystal growth and physical property investigations of Kondo semimetals

BSc Lukas Cvitkovich
March 2019

• MSc (Materials Science) from TU Wien (2019)
• Expertise: Heavy fermion compounds, crystal structure investigation, sample preparation
• Tasks: Physical property measurements and characterization of Kondo compounds

Dipl.-Ing. Jonathan Hänel, PhD student
April 2016 - July 2016

• MSc (Physics) from TU Wien (2011)
• Expertise: Kondo insulators, thermal (magento-)transport measurements at low temperatures and in high magnetic fields, crystal growth and sample preparation
• Tasks in project: Measurement of thermal (magneto)-transport and specific heat on bulk samples, single crystal growth

BSc Patrick Hofehher
February 2018 - July 2018

• BSc (Physics) from TU Wien
• Tasks in project: Physical property investigations of topological insulators

MSc. Donald Craig MacFarland
July 2017 - August 2018

• MSc (Electrical Engineering) from University at Buffalo (2010)
• Expertise: Molecular beam epitaxy
• Tasks in project: Growth of thin films

Adela-Vanda Peter, Technical Laboratory Staff
June 2016 - Juli 2016

• Expertise: Sample preparation
• Tasks in project: Assistance in the synthesis and preparation of samples

Dr. Xinlin Yan
July 2016 - March 2017, May 2017 - November 2017, Dezember 2017 - March 2019

• MSc from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China (2004)
• PhD from Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria (2008)
• Expertise: Sample synthesis and characterizations
• Tasks in project: Growth and characterization of high quality single crystals

Dr. Diego Zocco
October 2016 - August 2017

• PhD (Physics) from University of California, USA (2011)
• Expertise: Tuning the physical properties of strongly correlated electronic systems via low temperature, magnetic field, and high pressure experiments, single crystal synthesis, inelastic x-ray and neutron scattering experiments
• Tasks in project: Exploration of quantum criticality and topological phases in Kondo insulating and semimetallic materials under extreme conditions of applied pressure and magnetic field

Prof. Arumugam Thamizhavel
Department of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
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