Sucessfully finished doctorates in the CRC 1261

Funding Phase 3 (July 2024 - June 2028)

Person		Dissertation / defense details
	Dr.-Ing. Martha Gerhardt Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Long range electric and magnetic fields for the sensitivity enhancement of electronic devices: Novel ZnO contact methods and permanent magnet-based magnetic field sensors Defense date: 11.02.2025 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rainer Adelung Project: A5 - Piezotronic Magnetoelectric Composites
	Dr.-Ing. Mesut-Ömür Özden Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Simulating Magnetoelectric Sensors in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields Defense date: 11.12.2024 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martina Gerken Project: A8 - Modelling of Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Christian Dorn Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Director–based continuum modeling and analysis of damage mechanics and coupled micro–magneto–mechanics Defense date: 30.10.2024 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Wulfinghoff Project: A10 - Magnetic Noise of Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Nawar Habboush Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Solving the Inverse Problem for Localising the Biomagnetic Activity in the Heart Defense date: 05.08.2024 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidt Project: B3 - Inverse Problems

Funding Phase 2 (July 2020 - June 2024)

Person		Dissertation / defense details
	Dr.-Ing. Christin Bald Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Echtzeitlokalisierung magnetoelektrischer Sensoren Defense date: 08.03.2024 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidt Project: B2 - Digital Signal Processing
	Dr.-Ing. Viktor Schell Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors for Biomagnetic Applications Defense date: 08.12.2022 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Quandt Project: B9 - Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Ron-Marco Friedrich Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticles using Magnetoelectric Sensors Defense date: 01.08.2022 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Faupel Project: B7 - 3D-Imaging of Magnetically Labelled Cells
	Dr.-Ing. Mevlüt Yalaz Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Localization and Orientation Detection Using Magnetic Field Measurements Defense date: 05.07.2022 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Höft Project: T1 - Transfer Project - Individualized Deep Brain Stimulation
	Dr.-Ing. Jingxiang Su Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: AlN vs. AlScN in Magnetoelectric Sensors Defense date: 24.02.2022 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wagner Project: A3 - Resonant Magnetoelectric Sensors (project was not continued)
	Dr.-Ing. Eric Eltzenheimer Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Analyse stimulationsevozierter Muskel- und Nervensignale mithilfe elektrischer und magnetischer Sensorik Defense date: 04.02.2022 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidt Project: Z2 - Magnetoelectric Sensor Characterization
	Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Spetzler Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: ΔE-Effect Magnetic Field Sensors Defense date: 21.12.2021 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Faupel Project: A4 - ΔE-Effect Sensors
	Dr. Philipp Jordt Physics	Title of the doctoral thesis: Study of Magnetoelectric and Piezotronic Microstructures and Materials for Biomagnetic Sensing utilizing X-ray Techniques Defense date: 05.11.2021 Supervisor: PD Dr. Bridget Murphy Project: A6 - Microstructure and Structural Change of Magnetoelectric and Piezotronic Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schröder Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: New Electronic and Multifunctional Polymer Thin Films Enabled by Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition Defense date: 28.05.2021 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Faupel Project: A4 - Hybrid Magnetoelectric Sensors based on Mechanically Soft Composite Materials
	Dr.-Ing. Nils Lukat Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Zelldynamik und Detektion magnetisch markierter Zellen Defense date: 19.03.2021 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christine Selhuber-Unkel Project: B7 - 3D-Imaging of Magnetically Labelled Cells
	Dr.-Ing. Julius Alexander Schmalz Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Analyse von magnetoelektrischen Sensoren zur Verwendung bei höheren Moden mittels der Finite-Elemente-Methode Defense date: 03.03.2021 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martina Gerken Project: A8 - Modelling of Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Anne Kittmann Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Love-mode Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors for Magnetic Field Sensing Defense date: 18.12.2020 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Quandt Project: A9 - Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Patrick Hayes Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Converse Magnetoelectric Resonators for Biomagnetic Field Sensing Defense date: 03.12.2020 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Quandt Project: A9 - Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors

Funding Phase 1 (July 2016 - June 2020)

Person		Dissertation / defense details
	Dr.-Ing. Niklas Wolff Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Nanocharacterization of Functional Materials for Biomagnetic Sensing and Breath Analysis Defense date: 16.06.2020 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lorenz Kienle Project: A6 - Microstructure and Structural Change of Magnetoelectric and Piezotronic Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Simon Fichtner Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Development of High Performance Piezoelectric AI1-xScxN for Microelectromechanical Systems: Towards a Ferroelectric Wurtzite Structure Defense date: 09.12.2019 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wagner Project: A3 - Resonant Magnetoelectric Sensors (project was not continued)
	Dr.-Ing. Phillip Durdaut Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Ausleseverfahren und Rauschmodellierung für magnetoelektrische und magnotoelastische Sensorsysteme Defense date: 29.11.2019 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Höft Project: B1 - Sensor Noise Performance and Analogue System Design
	Dr.-Ing. Matic Jovicevic Klug Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Methodological Reduction of Magnetically Induced Noise in Magnetic Multilayers for Sensor Defense date: 12.09.2019 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jeffrey McCord Project: A10 - Magnetic Noise of Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Zabel Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Vom ΔE-Effect zum Sensorsystem Defense date: 18.12.2018 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Faupel Project: A4 - ΔE-Effect Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Laith Hamid Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: M/EEG Force Imaging with spatio-temporal Kalman-Filter and its application in Epileptology Defense date: 05.12.2018 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heute Project: B3 - Inverse Solutions for Localization of Biomagnetic Activity in Heart and Brain (project was not continued)
	Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Salzer Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Readout Methods for Magnetoelectric Sensors Defense date: 28.06.2018 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Knöchel Project: B1 - Sensor Noise Performance and Analogue System Design
	Dr.-Ing. Necdet Onur Urs Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Magnetic domain effects in high sensitive 2-2 composite magnetoelectric sensor Defense date: 12.09.2019 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jeffrey McCord Project: A10 - Magnetic Noise of Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Erdem Yarar Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Inverse-Bilayer AIN/(Fe90Co10)78Si12B10 Magnetoelectric Composites Defense date: 23.11.2017 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Quandt Project: A7 - Electrically Modulated Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Christine Kirchhof Materials Science	Title of the doctoral thesis: Resonate magnetoelektrische Sensoren zur Detektion niederfrequenter Magentfelder Defense date: 03.11.2017 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Quandt Project: A7 - Electrically Modulated Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr.-Ing. Jens Reermann Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Signalverarbeitung für magnetoelektrische Sensorsysteme Defense date: 21.07.2017 Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schmidt Project: B2 - Digital Signal Processing
	Dr.-Ing. Jascha Lukas Gugat Electrical Engineering	Title of the doctoral thesis: Entwurf, Analyse und Optimierung magnetoelektrischer Sensoren mit Hilfe der Finite-Elemente-Methode Defense date: 22.02.2017 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martina Gerken Project: A8 - Modelling of Magnetoelectric Sensors
	Dr. rer. nat. Stjepan Hrkač Physics	Title of the doctoral thesis: Nanofokus-Röntgenstreuung an komplex magnetoelektrischen Mikrokompositen Defense date: 17.10.2016 Supervisor: PD Dr. Bridget Murphy Project: A6 - Microstructure and Structural Change of Magnetoelectric and Piezotronic Sensors