Summary
Marco Buongiorno Nardelli is an interdisciplinary scientist and artist who blends advanced computational materials science with sonic and new-media art. With decades of academic leadership—currently an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Regents Professor at the University of North Texas—he develops ab initio electronic-structure methods, high-throughput materials genomics, and scalable open-source simulation tools used in energy, nanoelectronics, and catalysis research. His work helps power community software initiatives like the QUANTUM ESPRESSO Foundation and AFLOWLIB consortium, reflecting a commitment to sustainable, shared scientific infrastructure. As an internationally recognized artist-composer he translates scientific data into sound, exploring “music as data, data as music” to reveal hidden patterns in materials and processes. Combining deep theoretical rigor with creative practice, he routinely moves between code, high-performance simulation, and immersive artistic installations.
9 years of coding experience
PhD, Condensed Matter Theory, PhD, Condensed Matter Theory at Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste
Laurea, Physics, Laurea, Physics at Sapienza Università di Roma
Italian, English