School of Mathematics and Physics

Dr Katerina Vaxevani

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Mathematics and Physics
Physics Annexe (06), Room 427
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Researcher biography

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.

Publications

Journal Articles (5)

Journal Articles

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
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
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
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
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