The MARVEL Center on Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials, directed by Nicola Marzari, organizes Distinguished Lectures given by prominent experts in the fields covered by MARVEL. While this is typically done on site in Switzerland, we are continuing this series in webinar mode, and are happy to announce the following upcoming lectures for the fall 2021.

Prof. Alex Zunger, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (USA) 

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in nominal cubic oxide perovskites through structural, magnetic or dipolar degrees of freedom
Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 16:00-17:15 (CEST)   details

Prof. John Perdew, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (USA)

More-predictive density functionals, symmetry breaking, and strong correlation
Monday, November 15, 2021, 15:00-16:15 (CET)   details

Prof. Ingrid Mertig, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)

Transversal transport coefficients and topological properties
Friday, December 3, 2021, 15:00-16:15 (CET)   details

[Note that the first lecture starts at 16:00 CEST/Central European Summer Time and the next two start at 15:00 CET/Central European Time]

For early 2022, we are glad to already announce the Distinguished Lectures of Prof. Sharon Glotzer (Feb. 8), Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik (Mar. 21) and Prof. Garnet Chan (date TBC). More details will be provided here at a later date.