Outline of the 2nd Heusler Alloys Research Forum
Co-chairs
Prof. Vladimir Khovaylo, National University of Science and Technology, Russia
Prof. Rie Umetsu, Tohoku University, Japan
Nowadays, the large family of Heusler alloys enjoys rapidly growing attention due to a number of exceptional properties of fundamental and practical interest they exhibit. The diversity of effects observed in Heusler alloys makes it difficult to gather scientists interested in recent developments in this exceptional class of materials. In 2024, the 1st Heusler Alloys Research Forum was successfully held in Nha Trang, Vietnam. The aim of the 2nd Heusler Alloys Research Forum is to offer a platform for the exchange of ideas and expertise between researchers beyond their disciplinary boundaries.
The Forum welcomes participation from scientific and engineering communities interested in theoretical, experimental and technological research and development of Heusler alloys and related compounds. The main topics of the Forum include (but not limited to): crystal, magnetic and electronic structures of Heusler alloys; topological Heusler alloys; thermoelectric Heusler alloys; Heusler alloys with exotic magnetic properties; multifunctional Heusler alloys; Heusler-based shape memory alloys; design of novel Heusler alloys, etc.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Kaustuv Manna
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, India
Kaustuv Manna is with the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, India, as of 2020. After completing his PhD from the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, India, Prof. Kaustuv Manna worked as a Post Doc. Researcher and Group Leader in the group of Prof. Claudia Felser at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany, from 2015-2020. Prof. Kaustuv has also worked as a Post Doc. Researcher in the group of Prof. Bernd Büchner at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden IFW, Germany, in 2014-2015. In recent years, he has been listed in Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings. His research interests include single crystal growth of various inorganic materials, including intermetallic alloys, oxides, etc., and conducting detailed studies of anisotropic magnetization, electrical and thermal transport properties. The research is mainly focused on new quantum material compounds. He has made a significant contribution to two branches of topological materials: The discovery of magnetic Weyl fermions and the discovery of topological chiral crystals. His recent work has been published in various high-ranking journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Physics, etc.
Dr. Oleg Tretiakov
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
Oleg Tretiakov received his PhD in Physics from Duke University (USA). He is currently an Associate Professor and heads the Topological Spintronics and Quantum Materials research group in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney in Australia. Tretiakov's research interests include skyrmions, bimerons and other topological solitons in magnetic systems; spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques; topological antiferromagnetic spintronics, including non-collinear antiferromagnets; thermoelectrics based on low-dimensional topological materials; as well as strongly correlated low-dimensional systems with spin-orbit interaction. Dr. Tretiakov joined UNSW as a Senior Lecturer in 2019, before that he was an Assistant Professor at Tohoku University from 2012. Tretiakov serves as an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Physics journal. He has given over 200 invited presentations at conferences and universities around the globe.
