People

Raffaello BIANCO

• Geometric and topological properties of electronic structures
• Phonon-phonon interaction, anharmonicity, CDW and thermal conduction
• Electron-phonon interaction and phonon-mediated superconductivity

Pietro BONFÀ

• Magnetic and superconducting properties of quantum materials
• Theory and modeling of local magnetic probes
• Workflow automation for materials modeling and experimental data analysis

Mauro FERRARIO

• Statistical Mechanics
• Molecular Dynamics

Marco GIBERTINI

• Topological and magnetic properties of 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures
• Electron-phonon interactions and transport 
• High-throughput and data-driven materials discovery

Guido GOLDONI

• Spin-orbit coupling in quantum nanostructures
• Few-particle quantum dynamics
• Excitations in hybrid organic-inorganic systems

Marco GOVONI

• Quantum information science: spin-defects, quantum sensing, quantum computing, quantum communication
• Theory and method development: density functional theory (DFT), time-dependent DFT, many-body perturbation theory (GW, BSE), quantum embedding, machine learning accelerated molecular dynamics
• Tier-0 scientific computing: use of high-performance and quantum computers to carry out atomistic simulations

Federico GRASSELLI

• Time-dependent electron-hole scattering in heterostructures
• Microscopic theory of transport processes
• Machine-learning methods for atomistic simulations

Elisa MOLINARI

• Quantum-driven nanoscience & method development
• Development of computational tools for next-generation materials and nano(bio)devices

Alice RUINI

• Computational design of semiconductor nanostructures with enhanced thermoelectric performance
• Ab initio ML-aided spectroscopies for interfaces/interphases in next-generation battery materials
• Advanced simulation of linear and non-linear optical properties in 2D materials

Marah ALRAHAMNEH

• Advisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Method development for excited state calculations

James CARRUTHERS

• Advisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Calculation of optical properties of spin-defects

Yeonsoo CHO

• Advisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Point-defects in diamond for quantum technologies

Amarjyoti CHOUDHURY

• Advisor: Marco Gibertini
• Research: Emergent topological phases in van der Waals heterostructures

Narsimha Rao ELAPROLU

• Advisor: Marco Gibertini
• Research: Pressure-induced Chern insulators in layered materials

Jannis KRUMLAND

• Advisor: Elisa Molinari
• Research: Linear and nonlinear optical properties of molecules and hybrid materials

Avijeet RAY

• Advisor: Marco Gibertini
• Research: Electrical control of spin and valley polarization in 2D materials

Michele Aparecida SALVADOR

• Advisor: Alice Ruini
• Research: Molecular modeling methodologies for structure and properties of nanostructured materials

Martino SILVETTI

• Advisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Point-defects in nitride materials for quantum technologies

Vinicius ALVES BASTOS

• Supervisor: Alice Ruini
• Research: Linear and nonlinear optical response of 2D materials

Alessandro BELLO

• Supervisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Simulation of spin defects for quantum technologies

Andrea BIONDINI

• Supervisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Fully optical control of spin defects

Francesco Cosimo CASTELLUCCI

• Supervisor: Elisa Molinari, Co-supervisors: Andrea Ferretti (CNR-Nano), Daniele Varsano (CNR-Nano)
• Research: Machine Learning methods applied to GW calculations

Matteo D’ALESSIO

• Supervisor: Elisa Molinari
• Research: Excitonic properties and instabilities in bilayer systems

Lorenzo GOTTARDI

• Supervisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: First principles simulations of defects in low dimensional materials for quantum technologies

Daniel LOPEZ DIAZ

• Supervisor: Guido Goldoni, Co-Supervisor: Stefano Corni (UniPD)
• Research: Excitonic transport on pigment-protein complexes assembled with nanoparticles

Pietro MARTINELLO

• Supervisor: Marco Govoni
• Research: Computation of electronic properties of quantum systems through quantum computing paradigm

Filippo MONTORSI

• Supervisor: Federico Grasselli
• Research: Quantum effects on the transport properties of liquids and their uncertainty estimation

Luoxuan PENG

• Supervisor: Guido Goldoni, Co-Supervisor: Federico Grasselli
• Research: Machine learning for simulation in quantum materials discovery

Khuram SHAHZAD

• Supervisor: Guido Goldoni, Co-Supervisors: Filippo Troiani (CNR), Stefano Pittalis (CNR
• Research: Quantum algorithms, including quantum machine learning, for the prediction of materials phase equilibria and molecular energies

Carlo Maria BERTONI

Carlo CALANDRA BUONAURA

Franca MANGHI

Luca BURSI

• Optoelectronic materials
• Quantum nanoplasmonics