Andres Saul

Axe

E-mail

Localisation

Grade

DR1

Function

chercheur

Activity

Theoretical Solid State Physics. Computational Material Science. Electronic and Magnetic Properties.

Themes

Expertise and principal research interests

Previous research topics

Surface physics : Reconstruction and phase transitions. Surface alloys and alloy surfaces. Surface segregation, kinetics and equilibrium properties. Elastic properties. Surface stress and surface energy.
Metallic nanowires : Quantum transport.

Current reserach topics

Electronic, magnetic and vibrational properties of low dimensional systems : Magnetic Hamiltonians : effective exchange interactions, magnetic anisotropies. Magnetic phase diagrams. Magnetic excitations : magnons. Vibrational properties : phonons, Raman and Infra-red. Magnetoelastic interactions.

Methods

Quantum and classical computer simulation in statistical mechanics.
Electronic structure calculations in condensed matter.
Density functional theory and semi-empirical (tight-binding) electronic structure methods.
All electron linearized augmented planewave method.
Semi-empirical interatomic potentials.
Classical molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods.
Computational and numerical methods in general.

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from University of Mediterranée (now Aix-Marseille Université). December 2002.
PhD in Physics from University of Buenos Aires. December 1990.
M.Sc in Physics (Licenciatura) from University of Buenos Aires. December 1987.

Senior Research Associate (Directeur de Recherche 1, CNRS). October 2017 to present.
Visiting Research Scientist UMI CNRS-Civil and Environmental Engineering (MIT). September 2013 to August 2015.
Senior Research Associate (Directeur de Recherche 2, CNRS). October 2004 to September 2017.
Research Associate (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS). October 1994 to September 2004.
Research Associate (Chercheur associé, CNRS). April 1994 to September 1994.
Collaborateur Temporaire Etranger Service de Recherche en Métallurgie Physique, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay. October 1992 to Mars 1994.
Visiting researcher IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, U.S.A. January to March 1992.
Research Fellow (Investigador Residente) Computer Research and Advanced Application Group, IBM Argentina. Mars 1991 to September 1992.
Technical Assistant (ITA) Low Temperatures Laboratory. Physics Departement, Facultad des Ciencias Fisicas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires. July 1983 to March 1987
Teaching Assistant Physics Laboratory. Escuela Técnica ORT. March 1981 to June 1983.
Technical Assistant (ITA) Instrumentation Laboratory. Electronics Department. Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad de Buenos Aires. March 1980 to December 1980.

Graduate Level

Numerical simulations in Material Science Département de Physique, Université de la Méditerranée.
Numerical Methods in Solids State Physics : electronic properties Département de Physique, Universités d'Aix-Marseille.
Solid State Physics Département de Physique, Universités d'Aix-Marseille.
Density Functional Theory Département de Physique, Universités d'Aix-Marseille.

Undegraduate Level

Electricity and Magnetism Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Fluids Mechanics Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Quantum Mechanic Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Solid State Physics Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires.

High School Level

Other

Monte Carlo Simulations Ecole d'été d'Analyse Numérique organisée par EDF-CEA-INRIA (Le Bréau, France).

Full list of publications and more information can be found in the Curriculum Vitae

Publications