July 2024
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July 2024
Spin-dependent interactions in orbital-density-dependent functionals: noncollinear Koopmans spectral functionals
We have developed a functional approach that allows calculating band structures of semiconductors in a simple way and at low computational cost, even in presence of spin-orbit coupling or complex magnetic configurations. Check it out on PRResearch.April 2024
Postdoc positions available
A number of postdoc positions are available at ARGO in SISSA, Trieste. Research topics range from the design and discovery of novel 2D materials with magnetism or spin-orbit coupling physics, to the development of machine-learning methods for simulating the electronic structure of materials.January 2024
Local Chern marker in PBCs
We have derived a local Chern marker for infinite two-dimensional systems with periodic boundary conditions in the large supercell limit, where the electronic structure is sampled with one single point in reciprocal space. Check it out on PRB.January 2024
Review on the Wannier-functions software ecosystem
Check it out on arXiv.August 2022
*Job announcement* 1 PhD position (deadline 21 August) available
More information about the position is available on the Psi-k mailing list, check out the PhD job description and apply.August 2022
*Job announcement* 3 post-doc positions available
More information is available on the Psi-k mailing list, check out the job descriptions for 1 postdoc on 2D magnetic materials and 2 industry postdocs on graphene and neural-network potentialsDecember 2022
*Job announcement* Two-year postdoc position on machine-learned interatomic potentials for 2D materials
We have a two-year postdoc position on the development and application of interatomic potentials based on deep neural networks to study complex phenomena in 2D and van der Waals materials at finite temperature.More information about the position is available at the Psi-k job listing
We strongly encourage interested candidates to send an expression of interest to positions.cmts.df.units (AT) gmail _DOT_ com by *21 December 2022*.
June 2022
The first ever PRACE HPC Excellence Award
This newly created award recognises an outstanding individual or team for ground-breaking research that leads to significant scientific advances through the usage of HPC. Together with N. Mounet, M. Gibertini, P. Schwaller, D. Campi, A. Merkys, A. Marrazzo, T. Sohier, I. E. Castelli, A. Cepellotti, G. Pizzi, and N. Marzari, we won the prize for our work on Two-dimensional materials from high-throughput computational exfoliation of experimentally known compounds, Nature Nanotechnology 13, 246-252 (2018). In the words of the Prize Comittee, "This cornerstone work outlines the role of accurate first-principle simulations as an effective tool for materials discovery through the usage of high-performance computing. The developed digital twin of an exfoliation experiment has already had an exceptional impact in the field, leading to the discovery of new materials, in particular quantum materials."May 2022
New article about 2D ferroelectric topological insulators
published on npj 2D materials and applications!
February 2022
Applications open for the
Wannier 2022 Summer School!
November 2021
Wasserman Prize 2021
My doctoral thesis work has been recognised with the Wasserman Award 2021 for innovative and high-level research in the field of new materials, and in particular for for charting the topological properties of all exfoliable non-magnetic materials, identifying 2D jacutingaite as the first example of a Kane-Mele quantum spin Hall insulator, and 3D jacutingaite as a dual-topology material - a prediction later confirmed by experiments.
This is the third recognition for my PhD work at EPFL, following the SAIS prize 2021 for the best STEM PhD 2021 among Italian-speaking doctoral students in Switzerland and the 2020 EPFL Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction awarded to the 8% best PhD students of each EPFL doctoral school every year.
August 2021
