Biplab Sanyal

Biplab Sanyal is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, specializing in Materials Theory. His research focuses on ab initio simulations of 2D materials, multiferroics, clusters, and organometallic systems with applications in spintronics, nanoscience, and energy materials.

His work integrates density functional theory and time-dependent electron dynamics to explore phenomena such as spin-phonon coupling, defect engineering, and molecule-substrate interactions. Current projects include structure prediction of 2D materials and oxide heterostructures.

• 2025: Field-free spin-orbit torque in van der Waals magnets
• 2024: Polar skyrmions in Janus CrInX3, enhanced ferromagnetism in Ni-doped Fe5GeTe2

Scientific awards include the FP7 Marie Curie IAPP project NU-MATHIMO (New Materials for High Moment Poles and Shields), a collaboration with University of Duisburg-Essen and Seagate Technology. His teaching includes courses on DFT and electronic structure calculations.