Andres Saul

Activity

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

Thèmes

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.

Degrees

• 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.

Appointments

• 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.

Teaching experience

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

• Laboratory work Escuela Técnica O.R.T (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Other

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

More

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