Christoforos Moutafis
Senior Fellow 2024–2025

Christoforos leads the NeuroΣky research group at the University of Manchester (UK), exploring the intersection of spintronics, nanoscale physics, and neuromorphic computing. His research focuses on developing ultra-energy-efficient AI hardware by exploring the use of magnetic skyrmions—topological quasiparticles with potential applications in devices that emulate synaptic and neuronal functionalities. He is particularly interested in how nanotech-enabled computing can bridge fundamental physics with next-generation hybrid semiconductor technologies. His broader research integrates spintronics, nanomagnetism and topology, neuromorphic engineering, and nanoelectronics to push the boundaries of low-power computing. Committed to fostering academic-industry collaboration, he organized “Atoms to Bits: The AlphaBet of Intelligence,” a workshop bringing together thought leaders to explore the future of neuromorphic AI hardware.

Christoforos received his PhD in 2009 from the University of Cambridge (UK) and has previously held postdoctoral positions at the EPFL (CH), and the Paul Scherrer Institute (CH), as well as a JSPS Fellowship at the Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University (JP).