Makarov Denys

Born and raised in Ukraine, I obtained my Master Degree (2005) at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in Ukraine, followed by a Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Konstanz in Germany, working with Prof. Manfred Albrecht on hard magnetic materials for data storage application. From November 2010 until September 2015 I was leading a group “Magnetic Nanomembranes” at the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden. From October 2015 until June 2019 I was head of a research group “Intelligent materials and devices” at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). Since July 2019, I assumed a position of the head of department “Intelligent materials and systems” at the HZDR. Since December 2019, I lead the Helmholtz Innovation Lab FlexiSens on the commercialisation of flexible magnetic field sensor technologies. These sensors are now offered via the HZDR Innovation GmbH, where I am leading the business field "Magnetoelectronics". The main focus of my work on fundamental and applied aspects of magnetism in curved surfaces, namely design and understanding of artificial micro- and nano-structures with unique magnetic configurations and exploring their application potential in the field of sensorics. As curved nanomembranes can be reshaped on demand after fabrication, the interest to this topic is far beyond the fundamental research. The results of my team created a solid background to realize the so-called shapeable (flexible, printable and stretchable) magnetoelectronics and highlighted its potential applications for eMobility and medicine. These activities are patent protected. For the development of this novel research field I was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2012 and an ERC Proof-of-Concept Grants in 2013 and 2017.