Mustafa Erkovan joined ICMAB-CSIC in October 2024 as a postdoctoral researcher on the CONVERT project. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Gebze Technical University, Turkey, in 2011, followed by a postdoctoral position at Freie Universität Berlin from 2011 to 2013. From 2013 to 2019, he served as a faculty member in the Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at Sakarya University, Turkey. In 2019, he joined INESC-MN in Portugal as a senior researcher, a role he held until 2023, alongside serving as an invited assistant professor at Instituto Superior Técnico. His research focuses on advanced materials and devices, particularly Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) sensors. Currently, in his postdoctoral role at ICMAB, he is dedicated to developing spintronic devices utilizing insulating ferrimagnetic materials.