Georg Woltersdorf

Professor Georg Woltersdorf is a physicist at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and heads the Optics Group at its Institute of Physics. Since 2020, he has led the "Magnetic Microscopy and Spin Dynamics" Fellow Group at the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle, with reappointment until 2029. His research focuses on spintronics, exploring ultrafast dynamic processes in magnetic nanostructures and layered materials to advance energy-efficient logic devices and information storage technologies.

• Appointed to MLU in 2013 via Humboldt Professorship
• Deputy spokesperson for Collaborative Research Centre TRR 227 "Ultrafast Spin Dynamics" (founded 2018)
• Collaborates with Freie Universität Berlin, University of Regensburg, and Stuart Parkin’s research group

Woltersdorf’s work uses optical methods such as pump-probe spectroscopy and microscopy to analyze spin transport, charge conversion, and domain manipulation. His group developed an opto-electrical technique with 70-nanometer spatial resolution. Research is funded by the Max Planck Society (500,000 euros) and supports the "Center for Chiral Electronics" Cluster of Excellence application, a joint initiative with multiple universities.

• Over 125 publications in journals like Science, Nature Physics, and Physical Review Letters
• Recipient of Max Planck Fellowship (2020, reappointed 2025)
• Key contributions to ultrafast spin dynamics and chiral spintronics