Matthieu Verstraete
Professor at Utrecht University
Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Top SchoolMatthieu Verstraete is a professor of physics with 17+ years advancing materials science through theory, simulation software development, and applied research on nanostructured and bulk thermoelectric materials. He combines deep expertise in density-functional theory and quantum mechanics with a track record of developing widely used DFT packages and research tools that bridge fundamental quantum theory and practical materials discovery. Holding positions at Université de Liège and Utrecht University and chairing the ETSF steering committee, he balances leadership in European collaborative infrastructure with hands-on code development. His work probes exotic phase transitions and thermoelectric mechanisms, often revealing subtle quantum effects that guide materials design. Trained at EPFL and UCLouvain, he is as comfortable mentoring students as shipping production-grade scientific software used by the community.
17 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Materials Engineering/ Physics, PhD, Materials Engineering/ Physics at Université catholique de LouvainEngineer, Physics, Engineer, Physics at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Github Skills (36)
norm9
python8
ab-initio8
dft8
simulation7
algorithms7
scipy7
density-functional-theory7
paw7
condensed-matter-physics7
scientific-computing7
gitlab6
science6
fortran6
compilation5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
oncvpsp/oncvpsp
May 2019 - Jun 2024
The official repository of the oncvpsp code to generate optimized norm-conserving Vanderbilt pseudopotentials
Contributions:3 PRs, 1 push, 2 comments in 5 years 1 month
vanderbiltoptimizedpseudopotentialsnormab-initio
mjv500/oncvpsp
Nov 2021 - Jun 2024
The official repository of the oncvpsp code to generate optimized norm-conserving Vanderbilt pseudopotentials
Contributions:24 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
vanderbiltoptimizedpseudopotentialsnorm
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