During her PhD studies, Sofie Stampe Leiszner investigated the relationship between molecular structure and magnetic properties in molecular magnets. Molecular magnets are metal-organic complexes that exhibit magnetism at the molecular level and have potential applications in spintronics, high-density data storage and quantum information technologies. 

Her work focused on understanding how the magnetic anisotropy, i.e. the directional dependence of a molecule’s magnetic properties, of these molecules is related to their chemical structure.

This research contributes to the understanding required to design molecular magnets with enhanced magnetic properties. 

The PhD study was completed at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Monday, 29^th of June 2026 at 13:15.
Place: Building 1514, room 213, Lecture Theatre Aud I, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C. 
Title of PhD thesis: Molecular Magnetism: Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy Correlations
Contact information: Sofie Stampe Leiszner, e-mail: sofiesl@chem.au.dk, tel.: +45 40479363
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Dawid Pinkowicz, Department of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
Professor Stergios Piligkos, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Professor Henrik Stapelfeldt (chair), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Main supervisor: Professor Bo Brummerstredt Iversen, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Co-supervisor: Director (Industrial) Jacob Overgaard, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark.
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English.

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C.