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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Materials Engineering,Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
| Keywords | Interfaces, Defects, Atomostic, Thermodynamics, Modelling |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Paul Dirac Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics 2020: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society 2017: Sir Neville Mott Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics 2014: Von Humboldt Research Award 2012: Van Horn Distinguished Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University 2005: Max Born Medal and Prize of the German Physical Society and the Institute of Physics 1993: Werner Köster Prize of the German Materials Society (DGM) |
Current contact address
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| City | London |
| Institution | Imperial College London |
| Institute | Department of Materials |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler | Abteilung Theorie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
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| Prof. Dr. Jörg Neugebauer | Abteilung Computergestütztes Materialdesign, Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien, Düsseldorf |
| Prof. Dr. Ralf Drautz | Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulations, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/08/1988 |
Programme(s)
| 1988 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2014 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Michael W Finnis is an international leading expert in atomistic modelling and simulation. His many seminal contributions on interatomic interactions and interface properties and thermodynamics have helped to shape the field of materials science as we know it today. During his stay in Germany Professor Finnis will continue his research on first principles modelling of thermodynamic and kinetic properties of materials, with a focus on the coarse graining from a quantum mechanical description to classical atomistic models to continuum simulations. |