Christoph Heil

Computational Material Design @ TU Graz

Personal Information

  • Name: Christoph Heil
  • Nationality: Austria
  • Current Position: Associate professor in the Department of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)
  • Habilitation in Theoretical Physics and Computational Physics

Information on my published work can also be found here:

Introductory Video to Superconductivity

Together with the science communications department and the educational technology team of TU Graz we created a science outreach video that delves into the unique properties of superconducting materials, explaining how they work and why they hold such immense potential for future technologies.

Check it out on the TU Graz’s YouTube channel here (only in German for the moment): What is a Superconductor?

Podcast Interview

I was invited to the TU Graz Podcast Talk Science to Me to present and chat about the research in my group. It was great fun to do such a discussion and I hope it is of interest to some of you.

At the moment, the podcast is only available in German. It is planned to do a similar thing in English soon, but it won’t be released until later this year.

Education and Academic Path

  • Associate professor, TU Graz, since 2024
  • Assistant professor, TU Graz, 2022 - 2024
  • Project leader – Senior postdoc researcher, TU Graz, 2018 – 2022
  • Schrödinger Fellow in the group of Prof. Giustino, University of Oxford, 2016 – 2018
  • Postdoc researcher in the group of Prof. Boeri, TU Graz, 2015 – 2016
  • PhD studies of Technical Physics, TU Graz, 2011 – 2015

Fellowship, Grants, and Patents

  • DARPA SynQuaNon (2023-2025)
  • FWF stand-alone project Transition Metal Chalcogenides under Extreme Pressures, TU Graz, 2019 – 2023
  • External research project Computational Modelling of Superconducting Structures and Material Systems funded by Intellectual Ventures, 2020 – 2023
  • Patent High Temperature Superconducting Structures, USPTO 16/789143, 2020
  • FWF Schrödinger Fellowship, University of Oxford, TU Graz, 2016 – 2019

Teaching

In the course of my employment at the TU Graz I have taught courses on

  • Differential and Integral Calculus
  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Statistical Physics and Probability Theory
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Electrodynamics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Advanced Quantum Mechanics
  • Advanced Ab-Initio Techniques
  • Theory of Superconductivity
  • Advanced Electronic Structure Theory