Professor Dario Alfe

University College London

Department: Earth Sciences
Institution: UCL
Email: d.alfe@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7679 2361
Websitehttp://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfbdxa/

Research summary

See Professor Alfe’s latest Research Highlights here:

Dario Alfè is Professor of Physics in the Earth Science Department. He is a Principal Investigator in the London Centre for Nanotechnology, and currently holds a European Young Investigator Award (EURYI) fellowship.

His research interests are mainly focused on theoretical-computational first principles techniques applied to a variety of problems, from the study of the properties of Earth’s forming materials at the extreme conditions of Earth’s deep interior, to surface science problems related to catalysis and hydrogen storage.

In collaboration with Professor Mike Gillan, he is also interested in the development of new techniques to improve the accuracy of traditional first principles techniques.

Keywords

Earth’s Core, Graphene, Metal Hydrides, Functional Oxides, Catalysis, Interfaces, Molecular Adsorption, Planetary Materials, Surfaces, Extreme Conditions, Oxide Surfaces, Free Energy, Ab Initio M.D., Petascale Computing, Quantum Monte Carlo, Functional Oxides, Extreme Conditions, Oxide Surfaces, Free Energy

Links

Publication list