Photos of the poster prizes being awarded by conference organisers Kai-Qiang Lin and John Lupton to Andreas Beer (left) and Yao Lu (right).

Learn more about our poster prize awardees below:

Andreas Beer (University of Regensburg, Germany)

Poster title: “Proximity-induced exchange interaction in MoSe₂/CrSBr van-der-Waals heterostructure with orthogonal spin textures”

Andreas Beer completed his BSc studying ultrathin superconductors and his MSc on topological insulators under the guidance of Prof. Ruppert Huber at the University of Regensburg. He is now finishing his PhD at the same university under the supervision of Prof. Christian Schüller. His PhD research focuses on ultrafast temporal dynamics in semiconducting van-der-Waals heterostructures, with a particular emphasis on spin dynamics to explore the fundamental interactions in these advanced materials. Currently, he is investigating the interaction between MoSe₂, which shows out-of-plane spin-valley locking, and CrSBr, an in-plane antiferromagnet, both exhibit large exciton binding energies. When combined they create a unique system with orthogonal spin textures.

Poster title: “Bilayer MoS₂ interlayer intersubband transition”

Yao Lu received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Zhejiang Normal University. She is currently in the second year of her Ph.D. studies under the supervision of Prof. Kai-Qiang Lin in the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Xiamen University. Her current research focuses on exploring novel electronic excitations and excitonic transitions in van der Waals semiconductors, with the aim of developing innovative optoelectronic devices. Her presentation shows a previously unreported interlayer intersubband transition in bilayer MoS₂. This discovery has significant implications, as it provides insight into the spin-orbit splitting energy in MoS₂ and shows promise for potential application in infrared detection.