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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

1968 Professor of Chemistry

I joined the Department in 2020 as the 1968 Professor of Chemistry. See the following link for more information.

Our research involves computer simulations of catalytic and environmental interfaces, aiming at reaching fundamental new understanding of elementary processes at such interfaces. As part of our work, we also seek to develop and improve current simulations methods (quantum and classical) to study such systems. For further information on our research interests see our group web pages.

Positions are availabe for talented students (Part III, masters and PhD) and post-docs interested in joining the group. Interested candiates are encouraged to get in touch by emailing me (with a copy of their CV and research interests).

Biography

Angelos Michaelides obtained a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry in 2000 from The Queen's University of Belfast. Following this, he worked as a post-doctoral research associate and junior research fellow at the University of Cambridge and then at the Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin as an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow and subsequently research group leader. Between 2006 and 2020 he was at University College London where he was Director and Co-Director of the Thomas Young Centre: The London Centre for the Theory and Simulation of Materials and the founding Director of the Materials and Molecular Modelling Hub. Since 2020 he has been the 1968 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.

Professor Michaelides discusses his research

Publications

When Are Dopant d-States Free-Atom-Like? Periodic Trends and Confinement Effects in Single-Atom Alloys
F Berger, A Michaelides
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2025)
jacs.5c07771
Entropy Governs the Structure and Reactivity of Water Dissociation Under Electric Fields
Y Litman, A Michaelides
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2025)
jacs.5c12397
Unexpected Oversolubility of CO2 Measured at Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces.
Z Coady, SGH Brookes, Z Shen, BJ Rhodes, G Mapstone, Z Xu, W Yu, H Nishihara, C Schran, A Michaelides, AC Forse
– J Am Chem Soc
(2025)
jacs.5c09712
Reproducibility of fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo across diverse community codes: The case of water-methane dimer
F Della Pia, BX Shi, YS Al-Hamdani, D Alfé, TA Anderson, M Barborini, A Benali, M Casula, ND Drummond, M Dubecký, C Filippi, PRC Kent, JT Krogel, P López Ríos, A Lüchow, Y Luo, A Michaelides, L Mitas, K Nakano, RJ Needs, MC Per, A Scemama, J Schultze, R Shinde, E Slootman, S Sorella, A Tkatchenko, M Towler, CJ Umrigar, LK Wagner, WA Wheeler, H Zhou, A Zen
– The Journal of chemical physics
(2025)
163,
104110
CO 2 hydration at the air–water interface: A surface-mediated “in-and-out” mechanism
SGH Brookes, V Kapil, A Michaelides, C Schran
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2025)
122,
e2502684122
CO2 hydration at the air–water interface: A surface-mediated “in-and-out” mechanism
SGH Brookes, V Kapil, A Michaelides, C Schran
– Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2025)
122,
e2502684122
Interaction strength of carbon dioxide on graphene from periodic quantum diffusion Monte Carlo
F Della Pia, G Kler-Young, A Zen, F Berger, D Alfè, A Michaelides
– The Journal of chemical physics
(2025)
163,
071101
An accurate and efficient framework for modelling the surface chemistry of ionic materials
BX Shi, AS Rosen, T Schäfer, A Grüneis, V Kapil, A Zen, A Michaelides
– Nature Chemistry
(2025)
1
Spontaneous Surface Charging and Janus Nature of the Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Water Interface.
Y Wang, H Luo, XR Advincula, Z Zhao, A Esfandiar, D Wu, KD Fong, L Gao, AS Hazrah, T Taniguchi, C Schran, Y Nagata, L Bocquet, M-L Bocquet, Y Jiang, A Michaelides, M Bonn
– J Am Chem Soc
(2025)
147,
30107
Low-density amorphous ice contains crystalline ice grains
MB Davies, A Rosu-Finsen, CG Salzmann, A Michaelides
– Physical Review B
(2025)
112,
024203
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Research Group

Research Interest Group

Telephone number

01223 336314

Email address

am452@cam.ac.uk