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SUMMARY:MARVEL Distinguished Lecture – Claudia Felser
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DESCRIPTION:Claudia Felser\, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of
  Solids (Dresden\, Germany)\nhttps://epfl.zoom.us/j/65120386571\nPasscode:
  6928\n\nProf. Claudia Felser\nMax Planck Institute for Chemical Physics o
 f Solids (Dresden\, Germany)\n\nChirality and topology\nChirality is a ver
 y active field of research in organic chemistry\, closely linked to the co
 ncept of symmetry. Topology\, a well-established concept in mathematics\, 
 has nowadays become essential to describe condensed matter [1\,2]. At its 
 core are chiral electron states on the bulk\, surfaces and edges of the co
 ndensed matter systems\, in which spin and momentum of the electrons are l
 ocked parallel or anti-parallel to each other. Magnetic and non-magnetic W
 eyl semimetals\, for example\, exhibit chiral bulk states that have enable
 d the realization of predictions from high energy and astrophysics involvi
 ng the chiral quantum number\, such as the chiral anomaly\, the mixed axia
 l-gravitational anomaly and axions [3-5].  Chiral topological crystals ex
 hibit excellent chiral surface states [6\,7] and different orbital angular
  momentum for the enantiomers\, which can be advantageous in catalysis. Th
 e potential for connecting chirality as a quantum number to other chiral p
 henomena across different areas of science\, including the asymmetry of ma
 tter and antimatter and the homochirality of life\, brings topological mat
 erials to the fore [8].\nReferences:\n[1] M. G. Vergniory\, B. J. Wieder\,
  L. Elcoro\, S. S. P. Parkin\, C. Felser\, B. A. Bernevig\, N. Regnault\, 
 Science 2022\, 376\, 6595.  \n[2] P. Narang\, C. A. C. Gracia and C. Fels
 er\, Nat. Mater. 2021\, 20\, 293.\n[3] J. Gooth et al.\, Nature 2017\, 547
 \, 324.\n[4] J. Gooth et al.\, Nature 2019\, 575\, 315.  \n[5] D. M. Nenn
 o\, et al.\, Nat Rev Phys 2022\, 2\, 682.\n[6] B. Bradlyn\, J. Cano\, Z. W
 ang\, M. G. Vergniory\, C. Felser\, R. J. Cava and B. A. Bernevig\, Scienc
 e 2016\,  353\, aaf5037. \n[7] N. B. M Schröter\, et al.\, Science 202
 0\, 369\, 179.\n[8] C. Felser\, J. Gooth\, preprint arXiv:2205.05809\n\nAb
 out the speaker\nClaudia Felser studied chemistry and physics at the Unive
 rsity of Cologne\, with a diploma in solid state chemistry (1989) and a do
 ctorate in physical chemistry (1994). After postdoctoral fellowships at th
 e Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart (Germany) and the CNRS in Nantes (Fran
 ce)\, she was an assistant professor (C1) at the University of Mainz in 19
 96\, and then a full professor there in 2003 (C4). She is a Scientific Mem
 ber and the Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of S
 olids in Dresden.\nHer research interests are the design\, synthesis\, and
  physical characterization of new quantum materials\, in particular\, Heus
 ler compounds\, and topological materials for energy conversion and spintr
 onics.\nClaudia Felser is the recipient of numerous awards\, including th
 e Order of Merit (Landesverdienstorden) of the state Rheinland Pfalz (2001
 ) for the foundation of the first NAT-LAB for school students at the Unive
 rsity Mainz with a focus in female school students. She is a fellow of the
  IEEE Magnetic Society\, American Physical Society\, Institute of Physics\
 , London\, CIFAR Canada and the Materials Research Society of India. In 20
 18\, she is made a member of the Leopoldina\, the German National Academy 
 of Sciences\, and acatech\, the German National Academy of Science and En
 gineering. She received the 2019 APS James C. McGroddy Prize for New Mater
 ials together with Bernevig (Princeton) and Dai (Hongkong). She was electe
 d tothe United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2020 and th
 e United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2021. She was awarde
 d the 2022 Max Born Prize and Medal of DPG (German Physical Society) and I
 OP (Institute of Physics)\, and the Wilhelm-Ostwald-Medal of the Saxon Aca
 demy of Science.\n 
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