Christoph Heil

Computational Material Design @ TU Graz

Personal Information

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

Information on my published work can also be found here:

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

  • Assistant professor, TU Graz, since 2022
  • Project leader – Senior postdoc researcher, TU Graz, 2019 – 2022
  • Schrödinger Fellow – return phase, TU Graz, 2018 – 2019
  • 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