AREA HARD MATTER

SAB member 2023-2026

Kristiaan Temst is a full professor in experimental physics at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium. He is the past chairperson of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and he is currently the head of the Quantum Solid State Physics research unit. Apart from his position at KU Leuven, he also has a part-time appointment at the micro-electronics research center imec, also located in Leuven. His research interests focus on the MBE-growth and structural characterization as well as the magnetic, superconducting, ferroelectric, and vibrational properties of thin films, nanowires and nanoparticles. He is a frequent user of synchrotron, neutron, muon and ion beam facilities and serves or has served in many beamtime allocation review committees. He is currently the Chair of the ESFRI Physical Sciences and Engineering strategy working group.