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Prof Dario Alfe
01.4, Kathleen Lonsdale Building
UCL Earth Sciences
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Appointment
- Professor of Physics
- Dept of Earth Sciences
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
- Honorary Professor
- London Centre for Nanotechnology
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
Research Groups
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Materials modelling with various first principles techniques, including density functional theory and quantum Monte Carlo. Material properties under high pressure and high temperature. Interactions between molecules and surfaces. Metal hydrides.
Teaching Summary
-Deep Earth and Planetary Modelling, 4th year Earth's sciences (course organiser)
Appointments
| 01-OCT-2006 | Professor of Physics | Earth Sciences | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 31-MAR-2006 – 30-MAR-2011 | EURYI research fellow | Earth Sciences | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-2003 – 30-SEP-2006 | Reader in Physics | Earth Sciences | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-2000 – 30-MAR-2006 | Royal Society University Research Fellow | Earth Sciences | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-AUG-1998 – 30-SEP-2000 | Research Fellow | Earth Sciences | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 24-NOV-1997 – 31-JUL-1998 | Post-doctoral Research Assistant | Physics | University of Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom |
Academic Background
| 1997 | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy – Physics | Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste |
| 1995 | M.Phil | Master of Philosophy – Physics | Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste |
| 1995 | MAGI | Magister – Physics | Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste |
| 1993 | LAU | Laurea – Physics | Universita degli Studi di Trieste |
| 1993 | BSc | Bachelor of Science – Physics | Universita degli Studi di Trieste |
