Dr. Rembert Duine

Biography

Rembert Duine is a Full Professor and Chair of Theory Spin-based Nanoelectronics in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His main fields of expertise are condensed-matter physics and many-body physics. His current research interests include spintronics, graphene, topological insulators, and cold-atom systems, as well as quantum Hall ferromagnets, semiconductor bilayers, and superconductivity. Rembert currently leads the ‘Spin Transport Electrons – SPINBEYOND’ project, which investigates a revolutionary new approach to electronics using information processing through magnons, the quanta of collective spin-wave excitations in magnets. He also works on magnetic skyrmions, which are whirl-like structures of magnetization in magnetic materials that have fundamental implications for magnetic-memory applications. Rembert's group of theoretical physicists has proposed a method to simulate black holes on an electronic chip, enabling the study of fundamental aspects of black holes in a laboratory on Earth. His work demonstrates a strong connection between fundamental and applied science, as seen in technologies such as lasers, transistors, and hard-drive read heads. He publishes regularly in leading journals and has (co-)organized conferences and workshops, including those for the Quantum Spintronics SPICE center in Mainz, Germany, and Transport Electrons Physics@FOM in Veldhoven. Rembert is a member of various professional organizations and committees, including the NWO-Veni selection committee and the Board of the Physics Society 'Natuurkundig Gezelschap te Utrecht'.

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