I am Pieter Gunnink, a Post-Doc in theoretical physics, at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, working in the group of Dr. Alexander Mook. I have been awarded a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship (Oct 2024–Jun 2025), and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Jul 2025–Jun 2026). These fellowships will take place at the JGU Mainz, in both the INSPIRE group of Prof. Sinova and the TopMagIc group of Dr. Alexander Mook.
My research interests are in magnon transport, with a focus on topology. I have also worked on dipolar interactions in magnon systems and spin transfer torque effects in mesoscopic systems.
My interests are in non-Hermitian spintronics: the study of the spin degree of freedom in a non-Hermitian context. To study this, I loop at a wide range of spintronics systems, with a special interest in their couplings. Other topics I am interested in are dipolar interactions in magnetic systems, (non-Hermitian) topology and spin transfer torque effects in mesoscopic systems.
I have been awarded a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship (Oct 2024-Jun 2025), and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Jul 2025-Jun 2026). These fellowships will take place in both the INSPIRE group of Prof. Sinova and the (TopMagIc group of Dr. Alexander Mook)[https://mook-group.uni-mainz.de/] in Mainz.
PhD thesis: Non-equilibrium topology in magnonic systems
Supervisor: Prof. dr. R.A. Duine
I worked on topology in magnon transport and electrical detection, exploring how to measure a variety of topological effects in magnon systems.
Master’s thesis title: Engineering a topological insulator
Supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. A. Brinkman