Yvan J. Bruynseraede (born 1938 in

Ostend Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerk ...

, Belgium) is a condensed matter experimental

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

, known for his work on

multilayer In the physical sciences, a multilayer or stratified medium is a stack of different thin films. Typically, a multilayer is man made for a specific purpose. Since layers are thin with respect to some relevant length scale, interface effects are m ...

s and

superlattices A superlattice is a periodic structure of layers of two (or more) materials. Typically, the thickness of one layer is several nanometers. It can also refer to a lower-dimensional structure such as an array of quantum dots or quantum wells. Di ...

, and his interests are

thin films A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer (monolayer) to several micrometers in thickness. The controlled synthesis of materials as thin films (a process referred to as deposition) is a fundamental step in many ap ...

, nanostructures, novel materials,

magnetism Magnetism is the class of physical attributes that are mediated by a magnetic field, which refers to the capacity to induce attractive and repulsive phenomena in other entities. Electric currents and the magnetic moments of elementary particles ...

, and

superconductivity Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic flux fields are expelled from the material. Any material exhibiting these properties is a superconductor. Unlike ...

. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Leuven (

KULeuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

), and a member of the Quantum Solid-State Physics Laboratory.

Academic career

Yvan Bruynseraede graduated (Belgian Licentiate) in 1961 from the KULeuven where he received his PhD in Physics in 1967, after a two-year interruption for military service. After a postdoctoral and associate fellowship at

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, Switzerland (1968–1971), he started his career as a lecturer at KULeuven in 1972 and became full professor in 1977. He was chairman of the Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism, KULeuven (1993–2003). In 2003 he became professor emeritus of physics at KU Leuven, a position in which he is currently active. He held visiting positions at Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France; the

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, US; and the

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at San Diego, US.

Scientific research

At CERN he was active in the development of a superconducting particle separator by studying the HF properties of superconducting materials for electromagnetic cavities. At KU Leuven, his research was mainly focused on superconductivity and magnetism. He studied the electrical, magnetic and optical properties of mesoscopic and nanoscopic systems, particularly at low temperatures and very high magnetic fields. He performed research on thin films, multilayers and superlattices, studying superconducting Josephson phenomena, tunneling and vortices; superconducting/magnetic interactions; X-ray structural analysis and SPM techniques applied to surfaces and interfaces. His research activities resulted in more than 450 publications in international scientific journals, 100 Invited talks, and the promotorship of 35 PhD and 70 MSc theses.

Distinctions and awards

* Recipient, Grand Officer of the

Order of Leopold (Belgium) The Order of Leopold ( nl, Leopoldsorde, french: Ordre de Léopold, ) is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood. It is the oldest and highest order of Belgium and is named in honour of its founder, King Le ...

(''Grootofficier in de Leopoldsorde'') (2013) * Member (1988–present) and President (1999–2000), The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten) * Member, The

European Academy of Sciences and Arts The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 37 Nobel Prize laure ...

, Vienna, Austria (2001–present) * Member, The

Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhället i Göteborg, abbreviated KVVS and often known simply as ''Samhället'') is a Swedish Royal Academy. Its predecessor was founded in Gothenburg ...

, Sweden (2005–present) * Fellow,

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

(1990–present) * Member, Board of Trustees, KU Leuven (2003–2013) * Member, Association Council, KU Leuven (2003–2013) * Member, Board of Governors, Nuclear Research Center

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, Mol (1991 – 2013) * Chair, Research Council, KU Leuven (1990–1995) * Chair,

“Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public" (FOEP) (2016) * Recipient, IUMRS SOMIYA Award, together with Ivan K. Schuller of UCSD (2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruynseraede, Yvan 1938 births Living people Belgian physicists KU Leuven alumni Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Academic staff of KU Leuven Members of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg Fellows of the American Physical Society People from Ostend 20th-century physicists 21st-century Belgian scientists 20th-century Belgian scientists 21st-century physicists Condensed matter physicists