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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
| Keywords | disordered systems (amorphous and liqid), interfaces, chemical reactions, organic and biological molecules, nanostructures |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Princeton |
| Institution | Princeton University |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler | Abteilung Theorie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
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| Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler | Fritz-Haber-Institut, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/02/2009 |
Programme(s)
| 2008 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Roberto Car is well known internationally for his outstanding research in physics and materials science. He has made important contributions to the theory and understanding of condensed matter, including (bio-)molecules, clusters, nanostructures, solids, and liquids. In particular, he pioneered (in collaboration with Michele Parrinello) the combination of density functional theory with molecular dynamics which has proven to be a powerful method to study atomic-scale dynamics in materials. In Germany, his research focuses on the physics of water and on novel methods to study quantum transport in molecular electronics. |