Angel Rubio How Can New States of Matter Be Generated on a Theoretical Level?
Angel Rubio is Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, Germany, and Professor at the University of Hamburg. His field of research is theoretical solid-state physics with a focus on developing novel theoretical tools and modeling the characteristics of solid states and nano structures under the influence of electromagnetic fields. Rubio received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as well as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Academia Europaea.
Area of Research
Advanced Materials, Nanostructures, Structure of Matter
since 2016
Professor
University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg)
since 2015
Faculty Member
Wolfgang Pauli Centre
since 2014
Director
Max Planck Society (more details)
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
since 2012
Chair
European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)
since 2008
Vice President for Scientific Development
European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility
since 2001
Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics
University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU
2014
Miller Visiting Professor
University of California, Berkeley
2009-2011
External Member
Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society
2007
Visiting Professor
University of Montpellier 2, France
2005-2007
Visiting Professor
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
2000-2001
Visiting Professor
Irradiated Solids Laboratory, École Polytechnique, France
1998-2016
Visiting Professor
Department of Material Physics, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU
1994-2001
Associate Professor
Department of Theoretical, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, University of Valladolid
1992-1994
Fulbright Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Physics
1991-1992
Assistant Professor
Department of Theoretical, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, University of Valladolid
1988-1992
Research Fellow
"Ministry of Education and Sciences", University of Valladoid
1991
PhD in Physics
University of Valladolid
1988
Bachelor in Physics
University of Valladolid
Fellowships
- Member of the Academia Europaea (2016)
- Foreign Associate Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of United States (2014)
- External Scientific Member of the Fritz-Haber-Institut (of the Max Planck Society) (since 2011)
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Recognition (2011)
- Fellow of the American Association for Advanced Science (AAAS) (Physics Section) (2010)
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Outstanding Referee, APS (2009)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Materials Science (2004)
- Sir Allan Sewell Fellowship, Australia (2004)
- JSPS Fellow, Program for Research in Japan (2001, 2016)
- Fulbright Fellow (1992-1994)
Prizes
- JSPS Research prize in Japan, (2016)
- XV Manuel Laborde Werlinden Prize for the Best Technology-Based Business Initiative Based on Innovative Ideas: "Materials Evolution" (2015)
- Premio Jaime I de Investigación Básica (2014)
- Dupont Prize in Nanotechnology, Dupont Foundation (2006)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Humboldt Foundation (2005)
- Spanish Royal Physical Society Prize “Jóvenes Investigadores” Madrid, Spain (1992)
- Honor Prize for the Best PhD Thesis in Physics, University of Valladolid, Spain (1992)
- 1st National Prize for Graduated in Physics (1989)
- European Research Council “ERC Advanced Grant” (2016-2021)
- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) (2015-2018)
- International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (2012-2015)
- European Research Council “ERC Advanced Grant” (2011-2016)
- Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Ministry of Education and Science, Spain (2011-2015)
- Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (ARC) (2010-2012)
- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (2006-2011)
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Max Planck Society
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Institute
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
"The Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) investigates dynamical phenomena within matter down to the elementary timescales of atomic and electronic motions, the femtosecond or attosecond timescale. The focus is on the use of short wavelength ultrafast probes, such as X-rays or electron pulses, which are capable of measuring atomic and electronic structures in matter of all kinds." (Source)
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The theory of materials science investigates the electronic and structural properties of advanced materials, nano-structures and bio-molecules. In the study explained in this video, the researchers present a novel theoretical method to describe, design and control how molecules and materials in combination with photons may lead to new states of matter with novel emerging properties. The research aims to theoretically find and define new states of matter and potential uses for this new phenomenon, in which atoms, electrons and photons are all entangled. ANGEL RUBIO elucidates why this phenomenon is special for chemistry, for materials science and for the more general concept of finding new quasi particles. The research on new states of matter might be relevant not only for practical applications but also for opening new fundamental research in materials science. A practical application in (bio)chemistry would be to target specific cell-reactions; in materials science, one long term perspective would be to develop more energy efficient devices.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10297
Kohn-Sham Approach to Quantum Electrodynamical Density Functional Theory: Exact Time-Dependent Effective Potentials in Real Space
- Johannes Flick, Michael Ruggenthaler, Heiko Appel and Angel Rubio
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published in 2015
