Group members

Christian Buch (PostDoc)

Research: I am currently developing the synthesis of  hetero-lanthanide complexes and studying their electronic and magnetic properties (paper). In addition, I investigate functionalizable lanthanide complexes (paper) and how lanthanide complexes act as quantum bits. 

Interests: I enjoy sports and often go for a run. During winter I go for cross country skiing. I am fascinated by languages and besides speaking Danish/Scandinavian, English and German I have studied Chinese and I am currently learning Greenlandic and Finnish. 

Athanasios Mavromagoulos (PostDoc)

Research: I am currently synthesizing novel mononuclear lanthanide complexes and investigating their derivatives and functionalized variations for applications including quantum information processing, surface deposition, bioimaging, and characterization of fundamental properties.

Interests: During my spare time I enjoy trying new things and a variety of activities such as playing music, gaming, dancing, traveling, cooking and baking, the arts, and taking in all that the world has to offer!  

Lukas Woodcock (PostDoc)

Research: I am investigating the electronic and magnetic properties of lanthanide trensal derivatives primarily using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. Currently I am investigating trensals with long aliphatic chains.

Interests: I enjoy homebrewing beer and mead, I am an avid gamer, and I love visiting new places with my wife and three sons.

Steen H. Hansen (PhD student)

Research: I am developing novel lanthanide complexes with the goal of using them as physical supports for the implementation of Quantum Information Processing protocols.

Interests: I spend my sparetime  reading books, furthermore, I enjoy playing games and cooking. During the summer I enjoy kayaking.

Julie T. Lerche (PhD student)

Research: I am researching hetero-dinuclear lanthanide coordination comple-xes as bimodal Magnetic Resonance and Near Infra-Red imaging agents.

Interests: In my spare time I enjoy riding and prefer to ride in the woods. This I do once a week where I borrow an Icelandic horse. I also love to travel and see new places with beautiful nature, both in the summer where I go hiking and in the winter where I go skiing. In addition I spend my spare time with my friends and family.

Asger Strandfelt (MSc student)

Research: In my project i aim to investigate how deuteration of the ligands on the Yb(trensal) affect the coherence times of the complex' qubit properties.

In my previous project I synthesized mono and dinuclear lanthanide amine cryptates which can be used for MRI contrast agents or single-molecule magnets.

Interests: I like spending time with my friends and family. I am also quite fond of cooking, a skill which my friends and family get a taste of. 

Marc Ubach Cervera (MSc student)

Research: Currently, I am studying hyperfine structures in lanthanide complexes utilizing pulsed-EPR techniques.

Besides, I have been working on a computational project focusing on spin electric coupling (SEC) at EPR transitions of Yb(trensal).

Interests: Since I moved to Denmark I have been studying danish, and I still hold hope that one day I will be able to understand a full conversation. During summer I love to hike at the Pyrenees with my friends.

Mads Hansen (Project student)

Research: In my research project I study how small modifications in the second coordination sphere of lanthanide complexes influence their electronic properties.

Interests: In spare time I enjoy skiing and riding my bike (I am going to win the tour one day :) ). I also enjoy building tracks and driving with scalextric cars.