Gabriella Andersson

Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; Materials Physics

Telephone:
+46 18 471 35 89
E-mail:
gabriella.andersson@physics.uu.se
Visiting address:
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA

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Academic merits:
PhD, Docent. Distinguished University Teacher
ORCID:
0000-0002-9479-1952

Short presentation

Distinguished University Teacher 2013, Professor in materials physics 2015, specializing on magneto-optic domain imaging and tuning of magnetic properties in thin layers. Teaching undergraduate courses in fundamental physics. Coordinated a materials science graduate school 2008-2015. Assistant and deputy head of Department of Physics and Astronomy 2015-2020. Section dean for physics 2020-2023. Currently director of postgraduate studies in physics since July 2023.

Biography

Research

  • Magnetism in thin films, multilayers/superlattices and heterostructures. Tuning magnetic properties for applications.
  • Magneto-optic domain imaging (Kerr microscopy)
  • Growth and characterisation using e.g. x-ray diffraction, magneto-optic Kerr effect, and neutron scattering.

Teaching (current and previous)

  • Mechanics for engineering students
  • Electromagnetism for engineering and physics students
  • BSc thesis projects for physics students
  • Measurement techniques for engineering students

Thanks to

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, The Magnus Bergvall Foundation, the Göran Gustafsson Foundation, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), Carl Tryggers Stiftelse and the Swedish Research Council (VR), for previous and present financial support.

Research

Materials physics to me means improving 'natural' properties in materials by new combinations of elements, hence achieving tailored new effects. I am particularly interested in magnetic materials on micrometer or nanometer length scales, and how their properties can be optimized with respect to the vast number of possible existing applications. This includes how strongly magnetic the material is, and how difficult it is to affect with an external magnetic field. The sample materials are built with carefully chosen mixtures and structuring down to atomic level. I focus on understanding how and why the relevant properties change depending on which elements I combine, since this knowledge opens up further tailoring possibilities. It is fascinating that properties are determined by which atoms are placed where, with what neighbouring species, and by the degree of atomic ordering.

Gabriella Andersson

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