Current Position

Assistant Professor in Computational Atomic-Scale Materials Science at the Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge

Find out more about our work at https://www.fast-group.phy.cam.ac.uk/.

Research

Water remains the most fascinating liquid in our world. In order to provide new insights into aqueous phase behavior, I am developing machine learning methodology trained on accurate electronic structure calculations. In close collaboration with experiment, I apply these models to water in complex environments. Overall, my research aims at the modelling of aqueous systems at previously unreachable accuracy to provide reliable structural and dynamical insights into the aqueous phase.


Education

Undergraduate

  • Ruhr-University Bochum, Bachelor (2013) & Master (2015) of Science in Chemistry
  • Stanford University, Visiting graduate student (2015) in the group of Prof. Thomas Markland

Postgraduate

  • Ruhr-University Bochum, PhD (2016-2019) in the group of Prof. Dominik Marx, Title: "Properties of Hydrogen Bonding at Ultra-low Temperatures in Bosonic Quantum Solvents"
  • École Normale Supérieure, Visiting graduate student (2016) in the group of Prof. Rodolphe Vuilleumier
  • Charles University Prague, PostDoc (2019) in the group of Dr. Ondrej Marsalek
  • University College London (2020), PostDoc in the group of Prof. Angelos Michaelides

Publications

Breaking the Air-Water Paradigm: Ion Behavior at Hydrophobic Solid-Water Interfaces
XR Advincula, KD Fong, Y Wang, C Schran, M Bonn, A Michaelides, Y Litman
(2025)
A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry.
I Batatia, P Benner, Y Chiang, AM Elena, DP Kovács, J Riebesell, XR Advincula, M Asta, M Avaylon, WJ Baldwin, F Berger, N Bernstein, A Bhowmik, F Bigi, SM Blau, V Cărare, M Ceriotti, S Chong, JP Darby, S De, F Della Pia, VL Deringer, R Elijošius, Z El-Machachi, E Fako, F Falcioni, AC Ferrari, JLA Gardner, MJ Gawkowski, A Genreith-Schriever, J George, REA Goodall, J Grandel, CP Grey, P Grigorev, S Han, W Handley, HH Heenen, K Hermansson, CH Ho, S Hofmann, C Holm, J Jaafar, KS Jakob, H Jung, V Kapil, AD Kaplan, N Karimitari, JR Kermode, P Kourtis, N Kroupa, J Kullgren, MC Kuner, D Kuryla, G Liepuoniute, C Lin, JT Margraf, I-B Magdău, A Michaelides, JH Moore, AA Naik, SP Niblett, SW Norwood, N O'Neill, C Ortner, KA Persson, K Reuter, AS Rosen, LAM Rosset, LL Schaaf, C Schran, BX Shi, E Sivonxay, TK Stenczel, C Sutton, V Svahn, TD Swinburne, J Tilly, C van der Oord, S Vargas, E Varga-Umbrich, T Vegge, M Vondrák, Y Wang, WC Witt, T Wolf, F Zills, G Csányi
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2025)
163
Towards Routine Condensed Phase Simulations with Delta-Learned Coupled Cluster Accuracy: Application to Liquid Water.
N O'Neill, BX Shi, WJ Baldwin, WC Witt, G Csányi, JD Gale, A Michaelides, C Schran
Journal of chemical theory and computation
(2025)
21
Unexpected Oversolubility of CO2 Measured at Electrode–Electrolyte Interfaces
Z Coady, SGH Brookes, Z Shen, BJ Rhodes, G Mapstone, Z Xu, W Yu, H Nishihara, C Schran, A Michaelides, AC Forse
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2025)
147
Multi-head committees enable direct uncertainty prediction for atomistic foundation models
H Beck, P Simko, LL Schaaf, O Marsalek, C Schran
(2025)
A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry
I Batatia, P Benner, Y Chiang, AM Elena, DP Kovács, J Riebesell, XR Advincula, M Asta, M Avaylon, WJ Baldwin, F Berger, N Bernstein, A Bhowmik, F Bigi, SM Blau, V Cărare, M Ceriotti, S Chong, JP Darby, S De, F Della Pia, VL Deringer, R Elijošius, Z El-Machachi, F Falcioni, E Fako, AC Ferrari, JLA Gardner, MJ Gawkowski, A Genreith-Schriever, J George, REA Goodall, J Grandel, CP Grey, P Grigorev, S Han, W Handley, HH Heenen, K Hermansson, C Holm, CH Ho, S Hofmann, J Jaafar, KS Jakob, H Jung, V Kapil, AD Kaplan, N Karimitari, JR Kermode, P Kourtis, N Kroupa, J Kullgren, MC Kuner, D Kuryla, G Liepuoniute, C Lin, JT Margraf, I-B Magdău, A Michaelides, JH Moore, AA Naik, SP Niblett, SW Norwood, N O'Neill, C Ortner, KA Persson, K Reuter, AS Rosen, LAM Rosset, LL Schaaf, C Schran, BX Shi, E Sivonxay, TK Stenczel, V Svahn, C Sutton, TD Swinburne, J Tilly, C van der Oord, S Vargas, E Varga-Umbrich, T Vegge, M Vondrák, Y Wang, WC Witt, T Wolf, F Zills, G Csányi
(2025)
Clay Edges Are Dynamic Proton-conducting Networks Modulated by Structure and pH
Y Feng, XR Advincula, H Fang, C Schran
(2025)
The CP2K Program Package Made Simple
M Iannuzzi, J Wilhelm, F Stein, A Bussy, H Elgabarty, D Golze, A Hehn, M Graml, S Marek, BS Gökmen, C Schran, H Forbert, RZ Khaliullin, A Kozhevnikov, M Taillefumier, R Meli, V Rybkin, M Brehm, R Schade, O Schütt, JV Pototschnig, H Mirhosseini, A Knüpfer, D Marx, M Krack, J Hutter, TD Kühne
(2025)
CO 2 hydration at the air–water interface: A surface-mediated “in-and-out” mechanism
SGH Brookes, V Kapil, A Michaelides, C Schran
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2025)
122
How reactive is water at the nanoscale and how to control it?
XR Advincula, Y Litman, KD Fong, WC Witt, C Schran, A Michaelides
(2025)

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