Heil Group

Hello there!

Welcome to the internet home of our group! If you’re interested in blog posts dating before July 2024, you can still find them at our old place, which is no longer being maintained.

We are a research group specializing in computational materials design, led by Christoph Heil. Using state-of-the-art computational methods, we explore physical phenomena in materials—particularly superconductivity and lattice dynamics—completely from first principles.

If you’d like a brief introduction to superconductivity and why superconductors are such fascinating and important materials, check out this video on TU Graz’s YouTube channel (currently available only in German): What is a Superconductor?, where I talk about superconductivity and its importance.

For more insights, you can also listen to these podcast episodes:

• Talk Science to Me (available in German)
• Bridge the Gap

You can find us at the Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics at the Graz University of Technology, located in the beautiful city of Graz (Austria) at Petersgasse 16.

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