Titels | Prof. dr. |
Initials | L.W. |
Main position | Hoogleraar Universitat Würzburg |
Disciplines | Solid-state physics |
Nanotechnology | |
Chair | Physik |
Domain | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
Membership | Foreign Member |
Since | 2013 |
Foreign Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering | |
Employed by |
Bayerische Julius - Maximilian Universitat Würzburg
Physikalisches Institut (EP3) Am Hubland D 97074 Würzburg Germany tel. +49 931 31 84925 laurens.molenkamp@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de |
Personal website |
Laurens Molenkamp studies semiconductor spintronics and has achieved an impressive series of breakthroughs in this field. His discovery of the quantum spin Hall effect in thin layers of mercury telluride provided the basis for a new field of research on topological insulators. He is in the frontlines of research into the fundamental physics of these materials and the exploration of potential spintronic applications.