ERC consolidator grant for Jagoda Slawinska

Jagoda Slawinska has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The European Research Council (ERC) awards these personal grants of two million euros to outstanding scientists. With this grant, the ERC stimulates groundbreaking research in Europe.

The Consolidator Grant is for promising researchers with seven to twelve years of experience since completing their PhD. They can use the grant to fund their team of researchers and support staff for a period of five years.

Jagoda Slawinska, PhD | FERRERO

Computational design of sliding ferroelectrics and multiferroics from Van der Waals materials

The FERRERO project addresses the growing need for ultra-fast, energy-efficient electronics by developing advanced materials and device concepts. At the heart of this innovation is sliding ferroelectricity—a unique mechanism where electric polarization is controlled via sub-nanometer interlayer shifts in van der Waals materials. This concept offers low-energy, room-temperature operation, ideal for next-generation electronics.

While ferroelectric materials show great promise for combining logic and memory in the same device, achieving efficient, non-destructive readout remains a challenge. The project aims to overcome this by designing ferroelectric van der Waals bilayers optimized for spin-orbit readout, enhancing spin-to-charge conversion efficiency for reliable cascaded circuits. In addition, magnetic materials will be explored to further simplify device architectures by coupling magnetic and ferroelectric properties.

By integrating computational physics with materials design, this ERC project seeks to advance ferroelectric, multiferroic, and spintronic technologies, paving the way for energy-efficient and high-performance computing solutions.