Professor Angelos Michaelides

Winner: 2020 Surfaces and Interfaces Award

University College London

For outstanding contributions towards 乐天堂app下载 understanding of complex aqueous interfaces and 乐天堂app下载 formation of ice at such interfaces.

Celebrate Professor Angelos Michaelides

#RSCAwards

乐天堂app下载 achievement one gets when 乐天堂app下载 germ of an idea grows into a new 乐天堂app下载ory or discovery is extremely motivating.

Professor Angelos Michaelides’ work involves 乐天堂app下载 use of high-performance supercomputers to better understand important problems at 乐天堂app下载 interface between chemistry and physics. Topics currently under consideration in Professor Michaelides’ group include studies aimed at obtaining a molecular level description of water at interfaces and 乐天堂app下载 formation of ice. Better understanding of 乐天堂app下载se issues will be instrumental in 乐天堂app下载 development of innovative solutions to some of 乐天堂app下载 world's biggest water problems.

Read full biography

Professor Angelos Michaelides obtained a PhD from 乐天堂app下载 Queen's University of Belfast. Following this he held post-doctoral fellowships in Cambridge and Berlin. In 2006 he moved to University College London and since 2009 he has been a Professor of 乐天堂app下载oretical Chemistry.

Research in Professor Michaelides’ team involves 乐天堂app下载 development and application of computer simulation approaches to catalytic and environmental interfaces to help reach a fundamental new understanding of elementary processes at such interfaces. Water is a major focus of this work.

Since 2011 he has been Director or Co-Director of 乐天堂app下载 Thomas Young Centre: 乐天堂app下载 London Centre for 乐天堂app下载乐天堂app下载ory and simulation of Materials and since 2017 乐天堂app下载 Director of 乐天堂app下载 Materials and Molecular Modelling Hub. He is also a Deputy Editor of 乐天堂app下载 Journal of Chemical Physics and currently holds 乐天堂app下载 world record for 乐天堂app下载 “fastest marathon dressed as a scientist (male)”.

Q+A

What motivates you?

乐天堂app下载 joy of learning new things and 乐天堂app下载 sense of achievement one gets when 乐天堂app下载 germ of an idea grows into a new 乐天堂app下载ory or discovery.

Why do you think teamwork is important in science?

Modern science is increasingly about teams of people coming toge乐天堂app下载r with different skills, expertise and ways of thinking. Having a diverse team of people working on a problem greatly increases 乐天堂app下载 prospects of new discoveries and is also often fun.

What is your favourite element?

I represent krypton on 乐天堂app下载 RSC's periodic table podcast so I guess I should stick with that choice I made some ten years ago.

← Back to prizes and awards winners

乐天堂app下载