Kirill Nikolaev, a Master's Degree Student of the Faculty of Instrument Engineering, Information Technologies and Systems at the Polytechnic Institute of PSU, who received a scholarship from the President of the Russian Federation to study abroad, is doing a six-month scientific internship at the University of Münster (Germany). The scientific supervisor is Pecherskaya E.A., Doctor of Technical Sciences, and the Head of the Department "Information and Measuring Instruments and Measurement Technology".

In Germany Kirill Nikolaev investigates ferromagnetic resonance of the thin and thick layers of yttrium iron garnet (YIG), permalloy etc. under the supervision of Professor Sergei Demokritov. This task is very perspective for microwave electronics and spintronics. In addition, K. Nikolaev attends lectures in Magnonics, Electronics and Foreign Languages. Famous German scientists give lectures in English.

"The internship in a team of leading professors and scientific staff gives me significant experience, deep knowledge  and excellent practice in English. Here I get a chance to work with high-precision equipment, new materials and techniques, which will certainly be useful for my scientific work on the projects of the PSU,” said Kirill Nikolaev.