Team

Staff

• Prof. Henk Vrielinck (Associate Professor, head of research group and chairman of Benelux EPR society)
• Dr. Samira Khelifi (post-doctoral assistant)

Guest professor

• Guest prof. Eddy Simoen

Students/guests

• Jan Lettens (PhD student, ON Semiconductor, UAntwerpen, UGent)

• Pjotr Meyvisch (Research and teaching assistant at the Department of Geology, UGent)

Technical staff

• M. Eng. Johan Van Driessche

Former group members, since 2010

• Prof. Johan Lauwaert (UGent, Fac. of Engineering and Architecture, Dept. of Electronics and Information Systems)
• Prof. Paul Clauws, former head of the group
• Prof. Jan Vanhellemont
• Lisanne Van Puyvelde, PhD “Electric and optical defect characterisation of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ and CuIn_1-xGa_xSe₂ based thin-film solar cells”
• Siegfried Segers, PhD “Study of point defects in monocrystalline germanium”
• Seppe Van Brandt, Master thesis "Karakteriseren van elektronenvangst door dislocaties in hoogzuiver germanium"
• Lies Defreyne, Master thesis "Elektrische karakterisering van silicium en germanium-gerelateerde kwantumdots"
• Alexander Hoffman, Master thesis “Experimental and computational vibrational spectroscopy of metal-organic frameworks”
• Filip Moens, Master thesis “Deep-level transient spectroscopy studie van defecten in germanium gedoteerd met mangaan”
• Germán Gómez-García, Master thesis “Studie van quenched-in defecten in germanium met behulp van temperatuurafhankelijke van der Pauw- en Hallmetingen”
• Astrid Verdonck, Master thesis “Onderzoek van metastabiliteiten in Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ zonnecellen met transiënt capaciteits- en spanningsmetingen”
• Lieselotte Callens, Master thesis “Studie van defecten in Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ dunne-film zonnecellen met Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy”
• Frederik Mahieu, Master thesis “Spectroscopische studie van onzuiverheden in hoog-resistief germanium voor detectortoepassingen”

Former group members EMR, since 2010

• Em. Prof. Dr. Freddy Callens, former head of the group
• Dr. Kwinten Maes, PhD "Investigation of paramagnetic dopant centres in materials for sensor applications"
• Dr. Irena Nevjestic, PhD "In situ electron paramagnetic resonance study of breathing phenomena and related framework transformations in paramagnetically doped metal-organic frameworks"
• Dr. Jevgenij Kusakovskij, PhD "Electron-nuclear double resonance approach for studying radiation damage in DNA"
• Dr. Gauthier Vanhaelewyn (UGent, Fac. of Bioscience Engineering, Dept. of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling)
• Em. Prof. Dr. Paul Matthys, former head of the group
• Prof. Dr. Johan Lauwaert (UGent, Fac. of Engineering and Architecture, Dept. of Electronics and Information Systems)
• Dr. Hendrik De Cooman, PhD "A combined EMR and DFT study of radiation-induced defects in sucrose and glucose 1-phosphate"
• Dr. Mihaela Adeluta Tarpan, PhD "Electron magnetic resonance study of the structure and thermal stability of radiation-induced radicals in fructose and trehalose"
• Dr. Dmitry Zverev, PhD "Paramagnetic resonance study of rare earth doped K₂YF₅ thermoluminescent phosphors"
• Dr. Frank Loncke, PhD "Magnetic resonance study of dopant related defects in X-ray storage phosphors"

Former group members

• Dr. Jorg Vesluys
• Dr. Piet Vanmeerbeek
• Dr. Olivier De Gryse
• Dr. Jochen Vangheluwe
• Dr. Anja Blondeel
• Dr. Steven Hens
• Dr. Davy Wauters
• Dr. Andriy Hikavyy

Former group members EMR

• Em. Prof. Dr. Etienne Boesman, founder of the group
• Dr. Franky Stevens
• Prof. Dr. Sabine Van Doorslaer
• Dr. Peter Moens
• Dr. Filiep Maes
• Dr. Kris Sabbe

Former guests

• Chong Wang (imec - Leuven, Chengdu University)
• Giedrius Tusinskis (Erasmus student of University of Vilnius)
• Somya Gupta (PhD student at KULeuven, Dept. of Materials Science)
• Dr. Jiahe Chen