Welcome to the website of the Mathematics for materials modelling research group. Our research centres on bringing insight from maths to materials modelling, with the aim to understand simulation error and improve robustness of modelling schemes. This is an interdisciplinary mission and we frequently collaborate with researchers across the fields of mathematics, physics, computer science and materials. At EPFL we are part of both the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Materials.
You can learn more about our work by taking a look at our research topics, the software we develop or our recent publications. If you are interested and you want to work with us, feel free to take a look at our our job openings. We also offer student projects at various levels.
epfl-matmat github organisation
Michael Herbst's website
21.11.2023 Michael takes part in the Theory Lunch Seminar series at EPFL and gives a talk on Towards robust error control for high-throughput materials simulations [Slides] [Demo]
01.11.2023 Today we welcome Dr. Cédric Travelletti to our group. All the best and happy beginnings! We we hope you'll like doing our mathy way of doing materials science.
19.09.2023 Today our group welcomes two master students, Bruno Ploumhans and Bonan Sun, who will stay with us for the upcoming autumn semester. We hope you will enjoy your time with us with some great insights into DFT and materials modelling.
DFTK: The density-functional toolkit