Education

• Ph.D., 1999, Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute,” theoretical physics
   
• M.S., 1996, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (with Honors), physics of metals

Research Interests

• Computational Physics
   
• Condensed Matter Physics
   
• Materials Science
   
• Metallurgy

Recent Publications

• G. G. Baez Flores, M. van Schilfgaarde, and K. D. Belashchenko, Tunneling magnetoresistance in MgO tunnel junctions with Fe-based leads in empirically corrected density functional theory, arXiv:2404.08103.
• V. P. Amin, G. G. Baez Flores, A. A. Kovalev, and K. D. Belashchenko, Direct and indirect spin current generation and spin-orbit torques in ferromagnet/nonmagnet/ferromagnet trilayers, arXiv:2312.04538.
• K. D. Belashchenko, Exchange-driven spin Hall effect in anisotropic ferromagnets, Phys. Rev. B 109, 054409 (2024).
• K. D. Belashchenko, G. G. Baez Flores, W. Fang, A. A. Kovalev, M. van Schilfgaarde, P. M. Haney, M. D. Stiles, Breakdown of the drift-diffusion model for transverse spin transport in a disordered Pt film, Phys. Rev. B 108, 144433 (2023).
• W. Fang, K. D. Belashchenko, M. Haim, M. Khodas, and I. I. Mazin, Interplay of magnetic field and magnetic impurities in Ising superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 109, 174509 (2024).
• Wenkai Zhu, Yingmei Zhu, Tong Zhou, Xianpeng Zhang, Hailong Lin, Qirui Cui, Faguang Yan, Ziao Wang, Yongcheng Deng, Hongxin Yang, Lixia Zhao, Igor Žutić, K. D. Belashchenko, and Kaiyou Wang, Large and tunable magnetoresistance in van der Waals ferromagnet/semiconductor junctions, Nat. Commun. 14, 5371 (2023).
• G. G. Baez Flores and K. D. Belashchenko, Effect of interfacial intermixing on spin-orbit torque in Co/Pt bilayers, Phys. Rev. B 105, 054405 (2022).
• W. Fang and K. D. Belashchenko, First-principles calculations of spin-orbit torques in Mn2Au/heavy-metal bilayers, Phys. Rev. B 105, 064412 (2022).
• P.-H. Chang, W. Fang, T. Ozaki, and K. D. Belashchenko, Voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy in antiferromagnetic MgO-capped MnPt films, Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 054406 (2021).
• W. Fang, A. Raeliarijaona, P.-H. Chang, A. A. Kovalev, and K. D. Belashchenko, Spirals and skyrmions in antiferromagnetic triangular lattices, Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 054401 (2021).