Dear colleagues,

 Just to let you know that the registration deadline for "Frontiers in Thermal and Electronic Transport in Materials: A Tribute to Nicola Bonini" has been extended to March 21st. You should be able to use the following link for registration:

https://estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/academic-faculties/faculty-of-natural-mathematical-sciences/department-of-physics/frontiers-in-thermal-and-electronic-transport-in-materials-a-tribute-to-nicola-bonini

  There were problems with the link above in my earlier message, sorry about that. If the link doesn't work, please go to the link on the Thomas Young Centre webpage  https://thomasyoungcentre.org/event/frontiers-in-thermal-and-electronic-transport-in-materials-a-tribute-to-nicola-bonini/ and go to the registration page from there.

  Best regards,

  Ivana Savic

Earlier message:

Workshop: Frontiers in Thermal and Electronic Transport in Materials: A Tribute to Nicola Bonini

Dear colleagues,

We are organising a workshop "Frontiers in Thermal and Electronic Transport in Materials: A Tribute to Nicola Bonini" at King’s College London, UK on April 11th and 12th, 2024.

This workshop will highlight recent significant developments in the first-principles methods, algorithms and computer codes that address the challenges in modelling charge and heat transport processes in realistic materials and the underlying interactions. We will also discuss the applications of these methods to materials of current interest, including layered and two-dimensional materials, materials for photovoltaic and thermoelectric energy conversion, and superconducting materials. The workshop will also showcase recent progress on the experimental characterisation of those materials.

This workshop will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. Nicola Bonini, who passed away in October 2022. Nicola was a Reader in the Department of Physics at King’s College London where, since 2011, he taught physics and led research that made a significant impact on the field of first-principles modelling of electronic and thermal transport and its application to two-dimensional and thermoelectric materials. The invited talks will be given by the leaders in these fields, including Nicola's collaborators and colleagues, and will celebrate his research and achievements.

The registration details and the detailed programme will be announced shortly. The workshop will include invited talks, personal reflections and a poster session. More details can be found at: https://thomasyoungcentre.org/event/frontiers-in-thermal-and-electronic-transport-in-materials-a-tribute-to-nicola-bonini/

We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Psi-k and CCP9 networks, MARVEL and THEOS.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Prof. Stefano Baroni (SISSA, Italy)

Dr. Jennifer Coulter (Harvard, USA)

Dr. Giorgia Fugallo (Nantes, France)

Dr. Myrta Gruning (Belfast, UK)

Dr. Antonio Lombardo (University College London, UK)

Dr. Francesco Macheda (Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)

Prof. Nicola Marzari (EPFL, Switzerland)

Prof. Francesco Mauri (Sapienza, Italy)

Prof. Cheol-Hwan Park (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Prof. Samuel Ponce (Universite catholique du Louvain, Belgium)

Dr. Sivan Refaely-Abramson (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

Dr. Michele Simoncelli (University of Cambridge, UK)

Dr. Christian Storm (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Dr. Haixue Yan (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Scientific committee:

Prof. Feliciano Giustino, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Dr Bartomeu Monserrat, University of Cambridge, UK 

Dr Ivana Savic, King’s College London, UK

Dr Cedric Weber, Quantum Brilliance, Australia

Local organising committee:

Prof. Joe Bhaseen, King’s College London, UK

Dr George Booth, King’s College London, UK

Prof. Carla Molteni, King’s College London, UK

Prof. Arash Mostofi, Imperial College London, UK