Ross Knapman
Dr.-Ing. Ross Knapman
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Tel.: +49 201 183 3091 Room: V15 S06 D18 ross.knapman@uni-due.de |
Universität Duisburg-Essen Fakultät für IngenieurwissenschaftenAbteilung Bauwissenschaften Institut für Mechanik Universitätsstraße 15 Raum V15 S06 D18 45141 Essen |
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ReserachGate
0000-0002-7915-5093 
Google Scholar Research
Focus
- Micromagnetic Modelling
- Magnetic Skyrmions
- Magnetic Materials
actual Projects
- Defect Detection in Magnetic Systems Using U-Net and Statistical Measures
- The Topological Fate of Magnetic Instabilities
- Predicting Magnetic Material Parameters from Latent Measures
- Magnetic Properties of NiMnSn Across Scales
- 3D Magnetic Textures with Mixed Topology: Unlocking the Tunable Hopf Index
past Projects
- Numerical Calculation of the Hopf Index for Three-Dimensional Magnetic Textures (2025)
- Spacetime Magnetic Hopfions from Internal Excitations and Braiding of Skyrmions (2024)
- Current-Induced H-Shaped-Skyrmion Creation and Their Dynamics in the Helical Phase (2021)
- Nonlinear Dynamics of Topological Ferromagnetic Textures for Frequency Multiplication (2021)
Teaching
Tutorials
- Electrodynamics (SS 23-24)
- Condensed Matter Physics (WS 20-21, JGU Mainz)
- Mathematical Calculation Methods (SS 20, JGU Mainz)
- Atomic and Quantum Physics (WS 19-20, JGU Mainz)
Career
| 2013 - 2015 | A-Levels, Paston College, United Kingdom |
| 2015 - 2019 | MPhys in Physics, Durham University, United Kingdom |
| 2019 - 2024 | PhD in Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany |
| 08/2019 - 07/2022 | Research Associate, Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany |
| 08/2022 - present | Research Associate, Faculty of Physics, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| 09/2025 - present | Research Associate, Institute of Mechanics, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
Supervised thesis
- Bachelor „From Skyrmions to Hopfions“, Timon Tausendpfund, 2022, JGU Mainz