Dr Marilena Belesi

Current Employment

-1/23- University Teacher in Physics. Loughborough University.

Previous employment:

Research Positions

-10/21-1/23: Daphne Jackson Fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham sponsored by the University of Nottingham and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

-10/2011-12/2014: Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, IFW Dresden, Germany.

- 09/2008-09/2011: Post-doc scientifique École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, (Switzerland).

- 09/2006 - 08/2008: Research Scientist, Institute of Materials Science, National Center of Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece.

- 03/2006-08/2006: Research Scientist, post shared between Dipartimento di Fisica ‘A. Volta’ and Unita’ CNISM, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy and Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands.

-10/2003-09/2005: Post-Doc, Ames Laboratory DOE & Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.

Teaching positions:

Physics Lab teaching for physicists and engineers in:

• Polytechnic school of Pedagogic & Technological Education, Maroussi, Athens, Greece (10/2002-07/2003, 10/2005-02/2006, 10/2006-02/2007, 10/2007-02/2008).
• University of West Attica (10/2005-02/2006)
• National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Physics, Athens, Greece. (10/1999-06/2000).

Lecturer at School of Hellenic Navy’s petty officer’s Academy, Athens, Greece.

• Teaching subject: Electronics (10/2005-01/2006)

Teaching assistant at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, (Switzerland).

• Teaching subject: Thermodynamics. (09/2010-06/2011)

Physics teacher at 2nd Unified Lyceum of Peristeri, Athens, Greece (09/2002-05/2003)

Education:

-PhD in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from National Centre of Scientific Research and National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

-MSc in Applied Physics from National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

-BSc in Physics University of Ioannina (Project “Proton Induced gamma ray emission (PIGE) spectroscopy”), Greece.

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques
• Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
• Magnetoelectrics and multiferroics
• Molecular nanomagnets
• Magnetic nanoparticles
• Heusler alloys

1. Belesi, M., Giebeler, L., Blum, C.G.F., Rößler, U.K., Büchner, B., Wurmehl, S.“Local magnetism and structural properties of Heusler Ni₂MnGa alloys”, Phys. Rev B, 134415, (2015).https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.134415
2. Ozerov, M., Romhányi, J., Belesi, M., Berger, H., Ansermet, J.-P., Van Den Brink, J., Wosnitza, J., Zvyagin, S.A., Rousochatzakis, I.“Establishing the fundamental magnetic interactions in the chiral Skyrmionic Mott insulator Cu2OSeO3 by terahertz electron spin resonance”, Phys. Rev. Let 113, 157205 (2014). https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.157205
3. Janson, O., Rousochatzakis, I., Tsirlin, A.A., Belesi, M., Leonov, A.A., Rößler, U.K., Van Den Brink, J., Rosner, H.“The quantum nature of skyrmions and half-skyrmions in Cu₂OSeO₃”. Nature Communications, 5, 5376(2014). https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms6376
4. Emmel, M., Alfonsov, A., Legut, D., Kehlberger, A., Vilanova, E., Krug, I.P., Gottlob, D.M., Belesi, M., Büchner, B., Kläui, M., Oppeneer, P.M., Wurmehl, S., Elmers, H.J., Jakob, G. “Electronic properties of Co₂FeSi investigated by X-ray magnetic linear dichroism”. (2014) Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 368, 364 (2014).https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304885314005162?via%
5. Rodan, S., Alfonsov, A., Belesi, M., Ferraro, F., Kohlhepp, J.T., Swagten, H.J.M., Koopmans, B., Sakuraba, Y., Bosu, S., Takanashi, K., Büchner, B., Wurmehl, S. “Nuclear magnetic resonance reveals structural evolution upon annealing in epitaxial Co2MnSi Heusler films.” Applied Physics Letters, 102 (24), 242404, (2013). https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4811244
6. Belesi, M., Rousochatzakis, I., Abid, M., Rößler, U.K., Berger, H., Ansermet, J.-Ph. “Magnetoelectric effects in single crystals of the cubic ferrimagnetic helimagnet Cu₂OSeO₃”. Phys. Rev. B, 85, 224413, (2012). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.224413
7. Belesi, M. “Nuclear magnetic resonance as a probe of spin dynamics in single molecule magnets”. Magnets: Types, Uses and Safety, pp. 185-214. (2011).(Book Chapter)
8. Belesi, M., Panagiotopoulos, I., Pal, S., Hariharan, S., Tsitrouli, D., Papavassiliou, G., Niarchos, D., Boukos, N., Fardis, M., Tzitzios, V. “Decoration of carbon nanotubes with CoO and Co nanoparticles”. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2011, 320516,(2011). https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/2011/320516/
9. Belesi, M., Philippe, T., Rousochatzakis, I., Wu, H.C., Berger, H., Granville, S., Shvets, I.V., Ansermet, J.-Ph. ”Magnetic properties of the magnetoelectric compound Cu2OSeO 3: Magnetization and 77Se NMR study”. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 303, 012069, (2011). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/303/1/012069
10. Panopoulos, N., Koumoulis, D., Diamantopoulos, G., Belesi, M., Fardis, M., Pissas, M., Papavassiliou, G. “Spin order and lattice frustration in optimally doped manganites: A high-temperature NMR study”. Phys, Rev. B, 82, 235102 (2010). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.235102
11. Belesi, M., Rousochatzakis, I., Wu, H.C., Berger, H., Shvets, I.V., Mila, F., Ansermet, J.P. “Ferrimagnetism of the magnetoelectric compound Cu2OSeO 3 probed by 77Se NMR”. Phys. Rev. B, 82, 094422, (2010). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094422
12. Belesi, M., Micotti, E., Mariani, M., Borsa, F., Lascialfari, A., Carretta, S., Santini, P., Amoretti, G., McInnes, E.J.L., Tidmarsh, I.S., Hawkett, J.R. “Unconventional nonequilibrium dynamics in Ni10 magnetic molecules: Evidence from NMR”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 177201, (2009). https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.177201
13. Belesi, M., Zong, X., Borsa, F., Milios, C.J., Perlepes, S.P. “Proton NMR study in hexanuclear manganese single-molecule magnets”. Phys. Rev. B, 75, 064414, (2007). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.064414
14. Belesi, M., Borsa, F., Powell, A.K. “Evidence for spin-wave excitations in the long-range magnetically ordered state of a Fe19 molecular crystal from proton NMR”. Phys.l Rev. B, 74, 184408(2006), https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.184408
15. Han, K.H., Kim, B.J., Suh, B.J., Belesi, M., Moon, D., Lee, K., Lah, M.S. “Magnetic properties of hexanuclear manganese antiferromagnetic clusters {Mn6}” Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 08J507, (2006). https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2169572
    
16. Papavassiliou, G., Pissas, M., Diamantopoulos, G., Belesi, M., Fardis, M., Stamopoulos, D., Kontos, A.G., Hennion, M., Dolinsek, J., Ansermet, J.-Ph., Dimitropoulos, C.”Low temperature charge and orbital textures in La_0.875Sr_0.125MnO₃”. Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 097201, (2006). https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.097201
17. Belesi, M., Lascialfari, A., Procissi, D., Jang, Z.H., Borsa, F. “Proton NMR wipeout effect due to slow fluctuations of the magnetization in single molecule magnets” Phys. Rev. B, 72, 014440, (2005). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.014440
18. Papavassiliou, G., Pissas, M., Belesi, M., Fardis, M., Karayanni, M., Ansermet, J.P., Carlier, D., Dimitropoulos, C., Dolinsek, J. “Spin-polarized oxygen hole states in cation-deficient La 1-xCaxMnO3+δ”. Europhysics Letters, 68 , 453 (2004). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/epl/i2004-10233-3
19. Papavassiliou, G., Pissas, M., Belesi, M., Fardis, M., Dolinsek, J., Dimitropoulos, C., Ansermet, J.P. “Orbital domain state and finite size scaling in ferromagnetic insulating manganites”. Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, (2003) https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.147205
20. Papavassiliou, G., Belesi, M., Fardis, M., Dimitropoulos, C. “¹³⁹La NMR investigation of quasistatic orbital ordering in La_1−xCa_xMnO₃”. Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, (2001). https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.177204
21. Belesi, M., Papavassiliou, G., Fardis, M., Pissas, M., Wegrowe, J.E., Dimitropoulos, C. “NMR as a local probe of magnetic anisotropy: The possibility of orbital ordering and orbital liquid states in colossal magnetoresistance manganites”. Phys. Rev. B, 63, 180406, (2001). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.180406
22. Papavassiliou, G., Fardis, M., Belesi, M., Maris, T.P., Kallias, G., Pissas, M., Niarchos, D. “⁵⁵Mn NMR investigation of electronic phase separation in La_1-xCa_x MnO₃ for 0.2≤x≤ 0.5”. Phys. Rev. Lett., 84(4), 761 (2000). https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.761
23. Papavassiliou, G., Fardis, M., Belesi, M., Pissas, M., Panagiotopoulos, I., Kallias, G., Niarchos, D., Dimitropoulos, C., Dolinsek, J.“Polarons and phase separation in lanthanum-based manganese perovskites: a ¹³⁹La and ⁵⁵Mn nmr study”. Phys. Rev. B, 59, 6390, (1999). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.59.6390