Welcome Ralf Meyer

We are delighted to welcome Ralf Meyer to the group as a postdoctoral researcher.

Ralf comes to us from Andreas Hauser’s group at Graz University of Technology, where he also did his PhD, focusing on machine learning based local structure search. In between, he spent time as a postdoc in the Kulik group at MIT, working on automated geometry optimization of transition metal complexes, force field development, and data-driven discovery — with a strong emphasis on combining electronic structure theory with machine learning. So while he is not new to Graz, we are glad to have him join our corner of it.

In our group, Ralf will work on two closely connected fronts. The first is the realistic modeling of materials from first principles — pushing toward a more faithful description of the systems we actually study, rather than idealized model structures. The second is developing and applying ML-based methods and other state-of-the-art approaches to go beyond the limitations of conventional ab initio frameworks, both in terms of system size and predictive accuracy.

We are looking forward to what he will bring to the group — both the expertise and the fresh perspective.

Welcome, Ralf!