TYC Junior Research Fellowship talks

JRF Awardees present the outcomes of their visit to the TYC at a seminar at UCL.

Gianmarco Biagi, University of Bologna – A computational study of polaron formation, hopping mechanisms, and dynamics in amorphous SiO₂

I first generate realistic amorphous structures via melt–quench procedures, then analyse polaronic states formed by additional electrons using density functional theory.

The aim of my work is to characterise polaron hopping between stable localisation sites and study the associated dynamics through ab initio molecular dynamics.

Esmée Berger, Chalmers University – Connecting ongoing work at Chalmers on machine-learned potentials and large-scale atomistic simulations with the TYC community.

I am working on theoretical and computational modelling of molecular materials. 

My project demonstrates how machine-learned models can be combined with quantum simulation techniques to study complex interfacial systems relevant to chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology.

The talks will be followed by snacks, refreshments and networking in UCL Physics E7.