Research Interests

  • Quantum Materials
  • Spintronics
  • Topology in Quantum Matter
  • Magnetic Sensor, Memory & Logic devices
  • Unconventional Computing & AI

Organisation: JGU > Faculty 08 > Institute of Physics > Group Condensed Matter Physics (KOMET) > Kläui-Lab
Research: JGU > Faculty 08 > Physics > Quantum Matter & Spintronics > Kläui-Lab

M. Kläui brings more than 25 years of research experience in various areas of condensed matter physics, materials science and electrical engineering to the Institute.
He has an inherent interest in nano-scale systems from static properties down to the fs-timescale. He works on quantum transport from graphene to magnetic multilayers in metallic and oxidic systems, magnetic spin structures and a broad range of materials discovery using AI.
The work spans from blue sky research to applied projects with leading industrial collaborators.
2011 – present
Full Professorship at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
2017 –
present		Adjunct Professor at the Center for Quantum Spintronics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
2010 –
2011		Associate Professor and Group Leader, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) & Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
2008 –
2010		Leader of an independent Research Group funded by a European Research Council Starting Independent Researcher Grant
2003 –
2008		Senior Scientist at the Universität Konstanz (Habilitation 2008)
2003 –
2005		Postdoctoral Researcher at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
2001 –
2003		PhD in Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK
2001Diploma in Physics at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
1999 –
2000		Master of Philosophy in Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK
1996 –
2001		Studies of Mathematics and Physics at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Scientific Activities & Service to the Community (selected)

  • Elected Member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) and the European Academy of Sciences
  • Elected Fellow of the IEEE (since 2022)
  • Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (since 2020)
  • Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (since 2015)
  • IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer (2020-2021)
  • Director State Research Center TopDyn – Dynamics and Topology (since 2020)
  • Co-Spokesman Collaborative Research Center Spin + X (since 2016)
  • Founding Director Gutenberg College for Young Researchers at JGU Mainz
  • Director Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz (2012-2019)
2024 & 2025
Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
2011Nicolas Kurti Prize for Research in Physical Sciences
2005-2008 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Leading Early Career Researchers of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
2003-2005DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship & Physics Prize of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences
2003Max Auwärter Award for outstanding contributions to surface physics
2001Springorum Medal for outstanding physics diploma
1996-2001Scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
Loyal, M., Akashdeep, A., Mangini, E., Galíndez-Ruales, E., Eich, M., Wang, N., Lan, Q., Jin, L., Dunin-Borkowski, R., Kuschel, T., Kläui, M., & Jakob, G. (2026). Emergence of a spin Hall topological Hall effect in the noncollinear phase of the ferrimagnetic insulator terbium-iron garnet. Physical Review Materials, 10(5). DOI
Randolph, L., Ozturk, O., Ksenzov, D., Huang, L., Kluge, T., Rahul, S. V., Bouffetier, V., Held, T., Weber, S. T., Baehtz, C., Banjafar, M., Brambrink, E., Brieuc, F., Cho, B. I., Goede, S., Hoeppner, H., Jakob, G., Klaeui, M., Konopkova, Z., Lee, C., Lee, G., Makita, M., Mishchenko, M., Mo, M., Ndione, P. D., Paschke-Bruehl, F., Paulus, M., Pelka, A., Preston, T. R., Roedel, C., Smid, M., Wang, L., Wollenweber, L., Rethfeld, B., Schwinkendorf, J.-P., Gutt, C., & Nakatsutsumi, M. (2026). Probing laser-driven surface and subsurface dynamics via grazing-incidence XFEL scattering and diffraction. IUCRJ, 13, 249-259. DOI
Jamshed, B., Das, S., Mishra, P. K., Mah, W. L. W., Kläui, M., & Piramanayagam, S. N. (2026). Energy-efficient field-free switching by orbital torque and spin-reorientation. Nature Communications. Published online. DOI
Khusyainov, D., Liefferink, R., Na, M., Kammerbauer, F., Fromter, R., Klaui, M., Kozodaev, D., Vovk, N., Mikhaylovskiy, R. V., Afanasiev, D., Kimel, A. V., Mentink, J. H., & Rasing, T. (2026). Texture-dependent all-optical switching in ferromagnetic films via stochastic nucleation of nanoscale domains. NATURE MATERIALS. Published. DOI
Bednarz, B., Wortmann, M., Kuschel, O., Kammerbauer, F., Klaeui, M., Hutten, A., Wollschlaeger, J., Jakob, G., & Kuschel, T. (2026). Depth Profiling of Oxygen Migration in Ta/HfO<sub>2</sub> Stacks during Ionic Liquid Gating. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 18(3), 6200-6209. DOI
  1. Arbeitsgruppenseminar über magnetische und elektronische Eigenschaften von Festkörpern
    Instructor: apl. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jakob; apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Jourdan; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui
  2. General discussion about spintronics and problem & progress talks in Kläui-lab (group meeting)
    Instructor: apl. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jakob; apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Jourdan; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui
  3. Seminar über die Physik der kondensierten Materie (SFB 173 SPIN+X und SFB/TR288-Kolloquium, TopDyn-Seminar)
    Instructor: Univ-Prof. Dr. Jure Demsar; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Elmers; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui
  4. Seminar über spezielle Fragen der Festkörper- und Grenzflächenphysik
    Instructor: Univ-Prof. Dr. Jure Demsar; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Elmers; apl. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jakob; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui

SoSe 2026

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