Christian Back

Prof. Christian Back is a Full Professor of experimental physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), specializing in functional spin systems within the TUM School of Natural Sciences. He holds a PhD from ETH Zurich and has held academic positions at the University of Regensburg and TUM. His research focuses on condensed matter physics, particularly high-quality fabrication of magnetic layered systems and dynamic magnetic property investigations using advanced microscopy and magneto-transport methods.

Education:

• Doctorate: ETH Zurich (1992-1995)
• Postdoctoral roles: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1995-1996), IBM San Jose (1996-1997)
• Research Assistant: ETH Zurich (1998-2001)

Research Interests: Nanostructured magnetic elements, spin dynamics, magnonics, skyrmion-based computing, and interfacial phenomena in magnetic materials. He has pioneered techniques such as Fourier transform imaging of spin vortices and phase-resolved spin wave analysis.

Publications Trends: Recent work emphasizes spin wave engineering, strain-mediated computing, and chiral magnetism. Key areas include spin Hall effects, magnonic waveguides, and skyrmion lattice manipulation.

Awards:

• IBM Technical Achievement Award (1997)
• Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant (1995)

Leadership Roles: Spokesperson for DFG Priority Program 1538 (2011-2017), board member of collaborative research centers 689 and 1277.

Labs/Teams: Leads experimental physics research groups at TUM focusing on spin systems and magnonics applications.