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07\/17\/2026: Abhijeet<\/strong> receives Edison Innovation Fellowship<\/a> from Notre Dame Idea Center for the 2026\u20132027 academic year. Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

06\/30\/2026: Our collaborative paper on “Local probe evidence supporting altermagnetism in Co1\/4\u2062NbSe2<\/strong>” is published in Physical Review Research<\/strong>. Link to the paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

06\/28\/2026: Nirmal<\/strong> participated and gave a talk at the invited workshop on “Competing Interactions and Colossal Responses in Transition Metal Oxides and Related Compounds<\/strong>” in Telluride, Co from June 23 to June 27. Link to the workshop website.<\/a><\/p>\n

06\/23\/2026: Resham’s<\/strong> paper on “Anisotropy, frustration, and saddle point in the twisted kagome antiferromagnet ErPdPb<\/strong>” is published in Physical Review Materials<\/strong>.  Congratulations to Resham!<\/strong> Link to the paper. Link to the paper. <\/a><\/p>\n

06\/20\/2026: This year, we have four Summer interns in our lab<\/strong>. We are happy to welcome and host you all:<\/p>\n

                  Maggie Dwyer<\/strong>, an undergraduate student from Georgetown University, through the REU program<\/p>\n

                  Mary Kate Carroll<\/strong>, an undergraduate student from Notre Dame, through both the REU program and the Glynn Family Honors Program <\/p>\n

                 Jeff Kindelan<\/strong>, a High School Physics teacher from Adams High School, South Bend, through the NDQnet program<\/p>\n

                Catherine Lutz<\/strong>, a High School Student from Saint Joseph High School, through the NDQnet program<\/p>\n

06\/01\/2026: Our undergraduate student Mary Kate Carroll<\/strong> receives a Glynn Grant from the Glynn Family Honors Program to work in our lab for the summer of 2026.  Congratulations, Mary Kate! <\/strong>                  <\/p>\n

03\/31\/2026: Nirmal<\/strong> gave a physics department colloquium at Georgetown University. <\/p>\n

03\/23\/2026: Mohamed<\/strong> and Nirmal<\/strong> gave invited talks at the APS Global Physics Summit in Denver, Colorado. Mohamed talked on “Synthetic Design of Topological Spin Textures in Centrosymmetric Materials.<\/em>” Link to Mohamed’s session<\/a>. <\/b> Nirmal talked on “Crystal Growth and Characterization of Altermagnets.<\/em>” Link to Nirmal’s session. <\/a><\/p>\n

03\/23\/2026: Mohamed<\/strong>, Jamal<\/strong>, Abhijeet<\/strong>, and Resham<\/strong> presented their work at the APS Global Physics Summit in Denver, Colorado. <\/p>\n

03\/06\/2026: Our collaborative paper on “High-frequency electron spin resonance in Kagome-Lattice YMn6<\/sub>Sn6<\/sub>” is published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Link to the paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

02\/15\/2026: Jamal<\/strong> joins Argonne National Laboratory for his second postdoctoral position. Best wishes!<\/p>\n

02\/09\/2026: Mohamed<\/strong> Receives U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Fellowship, supporting a year of research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which began in January 2026. Congratulations! <\/strong>Link to Press coverage.<\/a><\/p>\n

01\/17\/2026: Nirmal Ghimire<\/strong> attended Dr. Jeffrey W. Lynn’s retirement Symposium at the University of Maryland. <\/p>\n

01\/17\/2026: Abhijeet Nayak<\/strong> attended the <\/span>9<\/span>th<\/span> annual Winter on Fundamentals of Quantum Materials at the University of Maryland. <\/span><\/p>\n

01\/16\/2026: Resham presented<\/strong> a poster on “Altermagnetism in transition metal dichalcogenides,” at the Second Brainstroming Workshop on Altermagnetism at New Jersey Institute of Technology from Jan 14th – 16th. Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

01\/15\/2026: We welcome undergraduate student Wyatt Haacker<\/strong> to our group. Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/25\/2025: Mohamed gave an invited talk at a local High School (Trinity School at Greenlawn). Title: Symmetry and Magnetism: Beyond Silicon.<\/strong> Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/19\/2025: Mohamed’s paper on Ga dopped TmMn6Sn6  is published in Physical Review Materials<\/strong>. Congratulations to Mohamed!<\/strong> Link to the paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

11\/12\/2025: Nirmal gives a tutorial at the Rice Winter School on Quantum Materials Synthesis at Rice University. Title of the tutorial: Single Crystal Growth of Quantum Materials by Molten-metal Flux Method<\/em>. <\/p>\n

12\/10\/2025: Abhijeet attends the 2025 Rice Workshop on Quantum Geometry & Winter School on Quantum Material Synthesis at Rice University. <\/p>\n

11\/04\/2025: Our collaborative paper on Co1\/3NbS2 has been published today in Physical Review Letters<\/strong>. Link to the paper. <\/a> Link to a press coverage.<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/03\/2025: Nirmal gives a colloquium at the Department of Physics at Northern Illinois University. Title:<\/strong> Altermagnets: A New Paradigm in Spintronics Materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

09\/26\/2025: Hari Bhandari’s paper on Ga dopped YMn6Sn6  is published in npj Quantum Materials. Congratulations to Hari! <\/strong>Link to the paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

09\/14\/2025: Nirmal gives an invited talk at CPS-APS Emerging Magetics Forum. Title: Altermagnetism in intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n

08\/25\/2025: We welcome two returning undergraduate students, Daniel Lu<\/strong> and Mary Kate Carroll<\/strong>, and a high school intern from Mishakawa High School, Edward Kozlowski<\/strong>, in our lab for Fall 2025 semester. <\/p>\n

06\/28\/2025: Our collaborative paper on Mn5SiC gets published in Chemistry of Materials.<\/strong> Link to the paper<\/a>. <\/p>\n

06\/10\/2025: We welcome four Summer interns to our lab! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Kindelan:<\/strong>  Science Teacher, Adams High School, South Bend through QuarkNet program<\/p>\n

Max Busk:<\/strong> High School Student, Trinity High School, South Bend, through QuankNet program<\/p>\n

Breanna Drauden:<\/strong> Arizona State University, through  REU program<\/p>\n

Mary Kate Carroll:<\/strong> University of Notre Dame, though NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship (NURF) <\/p>\n

05\/13\/2025: Resham’s paper is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Resham<\/strong>! Link<\/a><\/p>\n

04\/22-25\/2025: Mohamed attends 2025 Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology at Rice University. Congratulations for winning best poster award -2nd position!<\/strong><\/p>\n

04\/16\/2025: Resham receives departmental distinguished research award<\/strong> for his work on altermagnetism. Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

04\/15\/2025: Nirmal gives condensed matter seminar at Rutgers University. Title: Engineering Magnetic and Electronic Topological States in Kagome-Lattice Magnets.<\/em><\/p>\n

03\/18\/2025: Hari Bhandari gives an invited talk at the APS March Meeting. Title: Engineering electronic and magnetic properties in the centrosymmetric kagome magnets RMn6<\/sub>Sn6<\/sub><\/span><\/em>. Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

03\/22\/2025: Hari’s paper on HoAgGe is published in Communications Materials. Congratulations to Hari!<\/strong> Link<\/a><\/p>\n

03\/16-21\/2025: Hari, Jamal, Mohamed, Abhijeet and Resham give contributed talk at the APS March Meeting. <\/p>\n

03\/12\/2025: Nirmal gives a talk at the Quantum Materials Initiative Colloquium at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Title: Altermagnets: A New Paradigm in Spintronics Materials, <\/p>\n

01\/17\/2025: Nirmal gives a talk at the Fundamentals of Quantum Materials Workshop at University of Maryland. Title: Altermagnets: Anomalous Hall effect and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n

01\/16\/2025: Nirmal gives a lecture on Kagome Magnets at the Fundamentals of Quantum Materials Winter School at University of Maryland. Title: Spin Crafting in Kagome Magnets.<\/em><\/p>\n

11\/24\/2024: Hari Successfully defends his PhD thesis. Title: Study of Kagome Lattice Magnets. <\/em>Congratulations! <\/strong>Good luck with your postdoc position at Rice. <\/p>\n

11\/12\/2024: Our collaborative paper on YMn6Sn4Ge2 is published in PRB. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/23\/2024: Nirmal gives condensed matter seminar at Indiana University. Title: Altermagnetism in the intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide CoNb4Se8. <\/p>\n

10\/02\/2024: Nirmal gives virtual colloquium at the department of physics and astronomy at Missouri State University. Title: Engineering magnetic crystals for quantum phenomena.<\/em><\/p>\n

09\/26\/2024: Nirmal gives condensed matter seminar at University of Chicago at Illinois. Title: Altermagnetism in the intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide CoNb4Se8. <\/p>\n

09\/15\/2024: Connor and Hari’s paper on TbMn6Sn6 is published in PRB. Congratulations to Connor and Hari!<\/strong>  Link<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/29-08\/02\/2024: Nirmal gives a talk at the Telluride workshop on Competing Interactions and Colossal Responses in Transition Metal Oxides and Related Compounds in Telluride, CO. Title: Magnetic chirality and spin textures in kagome magnets.<\/em><\/p>\n

06\/11\/2024: Our collaborative paper on Ba4RuMn2O10 gets published in Chemistry of Materials. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

05\/30\/2024: Nirmal gives a seminar at Naval Research Lab. Title: Altermagnets: Anomalous Hall effect and beyond<\/em><\/p>\n

05\/29\/2024: Nirmal gives a talk on Altermagnetism at DOD basic needs workshop, at Army Research Lab in Adelphi, MD.<\/p>\n

04\/14-17\/2024: Nirmal gives a talk at the ARO future planning workshop at Arlington VA. <\/p>\n

04\/01\/2024: Nirmal Gives a seminar at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Title: Synthesis design approach to electronic and magnetic topological materials.<\/em><\/p>\n

03\/08\/2024: Nirmal Gives an invited talk at APS March meeting on Altermagnetism. Title: Topological antiferromagnets and altermagnets. <\/em><\/p>\n

03\/07\/2024: Hari  gives a contributed talk at the APS March Meeting. Title: Role of Ga doping in the kagome ferromagnet YMn6<\/sub>Sn6-x<\/sub>Gax. <\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n

02\/15\/2024: Jamal Sekh joins our group as Postdoc. Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

01\/23\/2024: Nirmal gives a talk at ND Nano Networking meeting . Title: Synthesis-Driven Approach to Quantum Materials. <\/em><\/p>\n

01\/08\/2024: Hari’s paper on YMn6Sn4Ge6 is published in npj Quantum Materials. Congratulations to Hari!. <\/strong>Link<\/a><\/p>\n

12\/11\/2023: Nirmal gives a talk at the “Workshop on \u201cMagnetism and topology of RM6<\/sub>X6<\/sub> kagome metals\u201d at Iowa State University and Ames Lab. Title: Fluctuation-driven phenomena in the kagome-net magnets RMn6Sn6. <\/em><\/p>\n

11\/20\/2023: Our collaborative paper on IrGe4 is published in Inorganic Chemistry.  <\/em>Link<\/a><\/p>\n

09\/14\/2023: Nirmal gives condensed matter seminar at Brown University. Title: Synthetic design approach to Quantum Materials. <\/em><\/p>\n

09\/01\/2023:  Graduate student Abhijeet Nayak joins our group. Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

08\/15\/2023:  Mohamed El Gazzah joins our group as a graduate student. Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

07\/18\/2023: Nirmal  gives a talk at Physical Review X seminar (virtual). Title: Synthesis-Driven Approach to Quantum Materials: Opportunities and Challenges. <\/em><\/p>\n

07\/01\/2023: Ghimire Group moves to University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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