The MagSup team was born from the fusion in 2014 of three teams of experimentalists working on condensed matter physics, from fundamental properties to applications. Over the last five years, we have strengthened our ties within the team while the diversity of cultures of the three original groups allowed novel fruitful approaches. Our team is the largest of the Neel Institute, with 25 CNRS and University researchers and more than 10 student and post-docs.
The research activity of the team can be decomposed into four main topics:
Our objective is to understand and to manipulate the fundamental properties, which emerge from microscopic interactions and or from the interplay between several degrees of freedom (charge, spin, orbital, lattice) in a great variety of strongly correlated electrons systems. These are materials such as transition metals oxides, compounds of actinides or rare-earths, or disordered systems. These systems exhibit unconventional properties of magnetism, superconductivity, charge orderings, with several coexisting orders sometimes strongly coupled and/or in competition due to magnetic frustration. Our microscopic understanding of the fundamental states and associated excitations is established in strong connection with theoreticians and allows us, in collaboration with chemists, to foresee and study in depth new systems. Eventually, we simulate and manipulate the functionalities of these materials to create new devices.

We also develop an original instrumentation in the laboratory and use large scale facilities (neutron sources, synchrotron, intense magnetic field), in extreme conditions of magnetic fields, (low) temperature and pressure. The team is perfectly established in its Grenoble environment. It interacts narrowly through experimental developments and joint doctoral and scientific projects, within Institut Néel, but also with the LNCMI, G2Elab, CEA’s IRIG teams and European large scale facilities, ESRF and ILL. We also play an essential role in structuring and animating local, national and international science in organising seminars, conferences and schools, but also in participating in commissions and management positions.

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Synthèse de cristaux C. Opagiste, En collaboration avec le Pôle Cristaux Massifs – PLUM
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Whisker de Lu5Ir4Si10
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Grands instruments Rayonnement synchrotron, M. Amara, M. d’Astuto, R. Ballou, S. de Brion, R.-M. Galera, F. Levy-Bertrand, J. E. Lorenzo, P. Rodière, V. Simonet Diffusion de neutrons, M. Amara, M. d’Astuto, R. Ballou, S. de Brion, R.-M. Galera, E. Lhotel, J. E. Lorenzo, C. Opagiste, J. Robert, P. Rodière, V. Simonet, J.L. Soubeyroux
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Image du site de l’ILL et de l’ESRF |
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Instrumentation de pointe Sondes locales, H. Cercellier, K. Hasselbach, T. KleinMicroscopie à microSQUID Magnétométrie à très basse température, C. Paulsen, E. LhotelSusceptibilité magnétique alternative à SQUID: 60 mK, 0.1 mHz à 1 kHz |
Appareil de mesure de longueur de pénétration |
Position type: Master 2 internships and theses
Contact: Measson/Marie-Aude -
The symmetry of materials has a profound effect on their quantum properties. Recently, the scientific community identified intriguing materials that respect global centrosymmetry (the presence of an inversion centre), but lack an inversion centre on the most important atom, i.e. the rare earth atom (such as cerium or uranium). One major consequence is the presence of a new type of spin-orbit coupling with alternate orientation in the unit cell. As a consequence, new kind of quantum order emerges, such as unconventional superconductivity in CeRh2As2 or new type of order built from entangled electronic states of two Rare earth sites.
Position type: Master 2 internships and theses
Contact: Mehdi Frachet - +33 (0)4 76 88 78 27
You will investigate an important problem of condensed matter physics: the interaction between two quantum states of matter, namely superconductivity and a charge-density wave. This investigation will be performed in a recently discovered family of kagome superconductors, using a newly developed setup of electrical transport under uniaxial stress.
Position type: Post-doc
Contact: Levy-Bertrand Florence -
In this project, we aim to develop a new technology for on-chip spectroscopy using Kinetic Inductance Detectors and a magnetic field (the H-KID projet) [1]. The spectral response of the Kinetic Inductance Detectors will be modified by reducing the superconducting gap using the magnetic field. The aim of the project is to design, build and test at low temperature a spectrometer based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors. The post-doc will focus mainly on low-temperature tests in a 100 mK optical dilution refrigerator. She/he may also be involved in the design and nano-lithography of detectors and/ or in the programming of new readout electronics.
[1] F. Levy-Bertrand, M. Calvo, U. Chowdhury, A. Gomez, J. Goupy, and A. Monfardini, Magnetic field tunable spectral response of kinetic inductance detectors, Applied Physics Letters 126, 042602 (2025).[arXiv link]
Position type: Master 2 internships and theses
Contact: D'ASTUTO Matteo - 04 76 88 12 84 | DENIS-ROMERO Fabio - 04 76 88 78 05
Electron-phonon coupling, one of the possible glues for Cooper pairing which lead to superconductivity, has a smoking gun with the isotope effects on the superconducting transition temperature Tc. The latter is observed in the cuprate high-temperature superconductors, but it is rarely considered and often ignored. We propose to unveil if the effect is present also in superconducting doped oxychloride cuprates, a compound which is very promising to bridge the gap between theory and experiment, because of their simple structure.
Person in charge: Florence LEVY-BERTRAND, Mattéo DASTUTO
Permanents
Students & Post-docs & CDD
Mehdi AMARA
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
mehdi.amara [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 79 13
Office: K-208
Rafik BALLOU
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
rafik.ballou [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Herve CERCELLIER
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
herve.cercellier [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 10 80
Office: E-421
Mattéo DASTUTO
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
matteo.dastuto [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 12 22
Office: E-413
Sophie DEBRION
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
sophie.debrion [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 79 12
Office: K-210
Julien DELAHAYE
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Julien.Delahaye [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 74 92
Office: D-404
Mehdi FRACHET
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
mehdi.frachet [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 78 27
Office: E-314
Thierry GRENET
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Thierry.Grenet [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 74 61
Office: D-414
Klaus HASSELBACH
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Klaus.Hasselbach [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 11 54
Office: E-416
El-Kebir HLIL
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
El-Kebir.Hlil [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 11 41
Office: F-204
Thierry KLEIN
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
Thierry.Klein [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 64
Office: E-418
Florence LEVY-BERTRAND
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
florence.levy-bertrand [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 12 14
Office: E-421
Elsa LHOTEL
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
elsa.lhotel [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 12 63
Office: E-113
José-Emilio LORENZO-DIAZ
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Jose-Emilio.Lorenzo-Diaz [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 12 84
Office: E-316
Marie-Aude MEASSON
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
marie-aude.measson [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 67
Office: E-314
Pierre MONCEAU
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Pierre.Monceau [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 11 59
Office: E-315
Manuel NUNEZ-REGUEIRO
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Manolo.Nunez-Regueiro [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 78 38
Office: E-311
Christine OPAGISTE
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
Christine.Opagiste [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 91
Office: E-419
Carley PAULSEN
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Carley.Paulsen [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Julien ROBERT
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Julien.Robert [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 79 13
Office: K-208
Pierre RODIERE
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Pierre.Rodiere [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 10 26
Office: E-420
Virginie SIMONET
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
Virginie.Simonet [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 50
Office: E-408
Manila SONGVILAY
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
manila.songvilay [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 38 78 14 62
Office: K-204
Pascal TIXADOR
Personnel Chercheur - G-INP
Pascal.Tixador [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 79 49
Office: E-411
Mounir ABDKRIMI
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
mounir.abdkrimi [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Florence LEVY-BERTRAND
Midori AMANO-PATINO
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
midori.amano-patino [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 66
Office: E-416
Referent: Klaus HASSELBACH
Mohamed-Khaled ARFAOUI
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
mohamed-khaled.arfaoui [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Klaus HASSELBACH
Antoine BARON
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
antoine.baron [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 78 44
Office: E-317
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Nathan BUJAULT
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
nathan.bujault [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Office: E-306
Referent: Elsa LHOTEL
Jérémie CICERON
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
jeremie.ciceron [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 39
Office: V-102
Referent: Arnaud BADEL
Marc-Antoine COLOMBIER
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
marc-antoine.colombier [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Office: E-317
Referent: Thierry KLEIN
Jolan COSTARD
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
jolan.costard [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 78 38
Office: E-311
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Timothé COURTIAL
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
timothe.courtial [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Office: E-317
Referent: Florence LEVY-BERTRAND
Armand DEVILLEZ
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
armand.devillez [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Manila SONGVILAY
Antoine GALLO-FRANTZ
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
antoine.gallo-frantz [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 78 18
Office: E-312
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Yingzheng GAO
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
yingzheng.gao [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 74 53
Office: E-313
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Gabriele GAROFALO
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
gabriele.garofalo [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 56 38 70 86
Office: E-309
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Lorenzo MENON
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
lorenzo.menon [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Office: E-317
Referent: Mattéo DASTUTO
Martial MORA-VILLARRUBIA
Personnel Chercheur - G-INP
martial.mora-villarrubia [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 35
Office: V-110
Referent: Pascal TIXADOR
Felix MORINEAU
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
felix.morineau [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 74 53
Office: E-313
Referent: Elsa LHOTEL
Denis MOTTE MICHELLON
Personnel Chercheur - G-INP
denis.motte-michellon [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Pascal TIXADOR
Theo PICHOT
Personnel Chercheur - ILL
theo.pichot [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Manila SONGVILAY
Sitaram RAMAKRISHNAN
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
sitaram.ramakrishnan [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 12 84
Office: E-316
Referent: Pierre RODIERE
Mathilde SCHUCHARD
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
mathilde.schuchard [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 78 44
Office: E-317
Referent: Thierry KLEIN
Loic SORIANO
Personnel Chercheur - UGA
loic.soriano [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Florence LEVY-BERTRAND
Hugo SOURICE
Personnel Chercheur - G-INP
hugo.sourice [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 56 38 71 98
Office: V-102
Referent: Arnaud BADEL
Alexander STANGL
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
alexander.stangl [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Arnaud BADEL
Arthur TALARMIN
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
arthur.talarmin [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 56 38 71 80
Office: D-413
Referent: Rafik BALLOU
Fatima-Zahra ABBADI
Personnel Chercheur - Université Hassan 1er de Settat
fatima-zahra.abbadi [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: El-Kebir HLIL
Elisa AUFFRAY
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
elisa.auffray [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Arnaud BADEL
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
arnaud.badel [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 90 39
Office: V-102
Siham BENHABIB
Personnel Chercheur - CNRS
siham.benhabib [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Referent: Marie-Aude MEASSON
Clément BURNS
Personnel Chercheur - Western Michigan University
clement.burns [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Office: M-115
Referent: Christophe MARCENAT
Christophe MARCENAT
Personnel Chercheur - CEA/INAC
christophe.marcenat [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Phone: 04 76 88 12 01
Office: E-418
Referent: Pierre RODIERE
Lisa PAULIUS
Personnel Chercheur - Western Michigan University
lisa.paulius [at] neel.cnrs.fr
Office: M-115
Referent: Christophe MARCENAT
