Our research is concerned about the physics of elementary quantum excitations in solids (read more)
 

Education

• 2014: Habilitation in Physics, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics & Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
• 2007: Ph. D. in Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
• 2003: M. Sc. in Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Academic employments

• Since 2016: Heisenberg Fellow of Experimental Condensed-matter Physic, Head of the Heisenberg Spin-dynamics Group
• 2008–2016: Principle investigator, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Senior Scientist and Head of the Spin-dynamics Group
• 2008: Postdoctoral research associate, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Experimental Department of Prof. J. Kirschner
• 2007–2008: Postdoctoral research associate, University of Duisburg-Essen, Group of Prof. M. Farle
• 2003–2007: Research assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen, Group of Prof. M. Farle

• Kh. Zakeri, H.J. Qin and A. Ernst
  Unconventional magnonic surface and interface states in layered ferromagnets.
  Commun. Phys. 4, 18 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00521-7

• H. J. Qin, S. Tsurkan, A. Ernst and Kh. Zakeri
  Experimental Realization of Atomic-Scale Magnonic Crystals
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 257202 (2019)

• H. J. Qin, Kh. Zakeri, A. Ernst and J. Kirschner
  Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Excitations: Terahertz Magnons above the Curie Temperature
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 127203 (2017)

  • Highlighted by Physics Focus Story
  • Highlighted by Physics World
  • Highlighted by American Physical Society

• H. J. Qin, Kh. Zakeri, A. Ernst, L. M. Sandratskii, P. Buczek, A. Marmodoro, T.-H. Chuang, Y. Zhang and J. Kirschner
  Long-Lived Terahertz Magnons in Ultrathin Metallic Ferromagnets
  Nature Communications, 6, 6126 (2015)

  • Highlighted by UCL Discovery
  • Highlighted by Terahertz Technology
• Kh. Zakeri
  Elementary Spin Excitations in Ultrathin Itinerant Magnets (Review Article by invitation, Refereed)
  Physics Reports 545, 47 (2014)

• Kh. Zakeri, T.-H. Chuang, A. Ernst, L. M. Sandratskii, P. Buczek, H. J. Qin, Y. Zhang and J. Kirschner. Kirschner
  Direct Probing of the Exchange Interaction at Buried Interfaces
  Nature Nanotechnology 8, 853 (2013)

  • Highlighted by Nature New & Views
  • Highlighted by My science
  • Highlighted by Innovation reports
  • Highlighted by Max-Planck research
  • Highlighted by Pro-Physik

• Kh. Zakeri, Y. Zhang, J. Prokop, T.-H. Chuang, N. Sakr, W. X. Tang and J. Kirschner
  Asymmetric Spin-Wave Dispersion on Fe(110): Direct Evidence of the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 137203 (2010)

  • Selected for Yearbook of the Max Planck Society

• Kh. Zakeri, Y. Zhang, T.-H. Chuang and J. Kirschner
  Magnon Lifetimes on the Fe(110) Surface: The Role of Spin-Orbit Coupling 
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 197205 (2012)

  • Selected for Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. Vol. 25, Iss. 21
  • Selected for Yearbook of the Max Planck Society

• J. Prokop, W.X. Tang, Y. Zhang, I. Tudosa, T.R.F. Peixoto, Kh. Zakeri and J. Kirschner
  Magnons in a Ferromagnetic Monolayer
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 177206 (2009)

• Kh. Zakeri, J. Lindner, I. Barsukov, R. Meckenstock, M. Farle, U. von Hörsten, H. Wende, W. Keune, J. Rocker, S. S. Kalarickal, K. Lenz, W. Kuch, K. Baberschke and Z. Frait
  Spin Dynamics in Ferrmagnets: Gilbert Damping and Two-magnon Scattering 
  Phys. Rev. B 76, 104416 (2007)

  • Selected for Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. Vol. 16, Iss. 14