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Head of the Theory group at nanoGUNE and Professor of Theoretical Mineral Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge

Phd in Physics in 1990 at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Fullbright fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and Alexander-von-Humboldt fellow at the Max Plank Institute for Solid State Research. In 1993, he became Assistant Professor at the Atonomous University of Madrid, where he was tenured by the end of 1995. In 1999, he was Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Superiere of Lyon.

In 2001, Emilio Artacho was appointed Lecturer at the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Cambridge (Department of Earch Sciences). He became Reader in Condensed Matter Simulations in October 2002, and Professor of Theoretical Mineral Physics in October 2006. In 2007, he was Visiting Miller Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, hosted by the Department of Chemistry. In 2011, his Cambridge professorship was transferred from the Earth Sciences Department to the Cavendished Laboratory and he was also appointed Ikerbasque Research Professor at nanoGUNE.

Emilio’s research interests include computational and theoretical condensed matter physics, and the computer simulation of solids and liquids from first principles. He is currently focused on three main lines of research: Oxide heterostructures including multiferroics, liquid water and water/solid interfaces, and non-adiabatic processes related to the radiation damage of materials.