Simone Latini

Group Leader

General Information

Full Name Simone Latini
Date of Birth 23rd Sept. 1989
Languages English, Italian

Education

  • 2013-2016
    PhD in Physics
    Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
    • Title : "Excitons in van der Waals Heterostructures: A theoretical study"
      Thesis advisor : Prof. Kristian S. Thygesen
  • 2011-2013
    Master in Science and Technology of Materials
    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
    • Title : "Following Electrons in Real Time: Speeding up Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions calculations for Ultrafast Charge Transfers"
      Thesis advisor : Prof. Gianluca Stefanucci
  • 2008-2011
    Bachelor in Material Science
    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
    • Title : "Quantum Dots Lateral Ordering Via Multilayer Stacking"
      Thesis advisor : Prof. Fabrizio Arciprete and Ernesto Placidi

Experience

  • 2022 - now
    Assistant Professor of Physics (tenure track)
    Technical University of Denmark
  • 2021 - 2022
    Group Leader
    Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
  • 2017-2021
    Post-Doctoral Researcher
    Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
  • 2017-2021
    Post-Doctoral Researcher
    Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
  • 2016
    Professor of Theoretical Physics
    Technical University of Denmark

Open Source Projects

  • 2013-now
    GPAW
    • A density functional theory code written in python.
  • 2017-now
    Octopus
    • A time-dependent density functional theory code written in fortran.

Honors and Awards

  • 2018
    Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation
  • 2017
    Best PhD thesis Prize from the Danish Academy for Natural Sciences
  • 2008
    Freshman Student Prize from the University of Rome Tor Vergata

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Triathlon, Skiing, Sailing and anything related to sports!
  • A triathlon collage.