Overview
Background
Dr Katerina Vaxevani is an early career researcher in the field of condenced matter physics. She specialized in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy during her PhD in San Sebastian, Spain.
Currently, she works as a post-doctoral researcher in the SPMQT Lab at UQ under the supervision of Dr Peter Jacobson.
For up-to-date information, please see the SPMQT Lab site (https://spmqt.org/).
Beyond her research interests, Katerina is dedicated to the public dissemination of science and to encouraging and supporting women pursuing careers in STEM.
Availability
- Dr Katerina Vaxevani is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Chemistry, University of Crete
- Masters (Research) of Nanomaterials, Utrecht University
- Doctoral (Research) of Nanomaterials, Universidad del País Vasco
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Local control of parity and charge in nanoscale superconducting lead islands
Trivini, Stefano, Ortuzar, Jon, Vaxevani, Katerina, Vina-Bausa, Beatriz, Bergeret, F. Sebastian and Pascual, Jose Ignacio (2025). Local control of parity and charge in nanoscale superconducting lead islands. Physical Review Letters, 135 (22) 226001, 1-7. doi: 10.1103/vkwr-m87v
2025
Journal Article
Epitaxial growth of gold films on the elemental superconductors V(100), Nb(100), and Nb(110)
Wang, Dongfei, Vaxevani, Katerina, Longo, Danilo, Kerschbaumer, Samuel, Ortuzar, Jon, Trivini, Stefano, Li, Jingcheng, Ilyn, Maxim, Rogero, Celia and Pascual, Jose Ignacio (2025). Epitaxial growth of gold films on the elemental superconductors V(100), Nb(100), and Nb(110). Physical Review Materials, 9 (6) 066201, 1-11. doi: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.9.066201
2024
Journal Article
Tuning the spin interaction in nonplanar organic diradicals through mechanical manipulation
Vegliante, Alessio, Fernandez, Saleta, Ortiz, Ricardo, Vilas-Varela, Manuel, Baum, Thomas Y., Friedrich, Niklas, Romero-Lara, Francisco, Aguirre, Andrea, Vaxevani, Katerina, Wang, Dongfei, Garcia Fernandez, Carlos, van der Zant, Herre S. J., Frederiksen, Thomas, Pena, Diego and Pascual, Jose Ignacio (2024). Tuning the spin interaction in nonplanar organic diradicals through mechanical manipulation. ACS Nano, 18 (39), 26514-26521. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01963
2023
Journal Article
Cooper pair excitation mediated by a molecular quantum spin on a superconducting proximitized gold film
Trivini, Stefano, Ortuzar, Jon, Vaxevani, Katerina, Li, Jingchen, Bergeret, F. Sebastian, Cazalilla, Miguel A. and Pascual, Jose Ignacio (2023). Cooper pair excitation mediated by a molecular quantum spin on a superconducting proximitized gold film. Physical Review Letters, 130 (13) 136004, 1-6. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.136004
2022
Journal Article
Extending the spin excitation lifetime of a magnetic molecule on a proximitized superconductor
Vaxevani, Katerina, Li, Jingcheng, Trivini, Stefano, Ortuzar, Jon, Longo, Danilo, Wang, Dongfei and Ignacio Pascual, Jose (2022). Extending the spin excitation lifetime of a magnetic molecule on a proximitized superconductor. Nano Letters, 22 (15), 6075-6082. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00924
Supervision
Availability
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