Andrey Lyalin

Research Interests

Theoretical chemistry; materials science; sustainable energy and chemical processes; heterogeneous catalysis (reactions on catalytic surface); nanocatalysis; physical chemistry; electrochemistry; theoretical physics; solid state physics; electronic structure theory; X-ray spectroscopy; collision and radiation processes; many-body theory; high-performance computing.

Personal Data

Date and place of birth: January 31, 1969, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), USSR (Russia)

Education

1986~1995: Faculty of Physics, St Petersburg State University, Russia

1984~1986: Physics and Mathematics Lyceum № 239, St Petersburg, Russia

Academic Degrees

1995: Ph. D. in Physics and Mathematics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

1992: Master of Science (diploma with excellence), St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Research and Professional Experience

2019~now:  Associate Professor, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University,  Japan.

2019~now:  Visiting Researcher, Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),  Japan.

2015~2019: Special Researcher, Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),  Japan.

2001~2014: Senior Research Scientist, V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St Petersburg State University, Russia.

2013~2015: Assistant Professor, Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Japan.

2008~2012: Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan.

2007~2008: Research Associate, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.

2005~2008: Researcher, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

2002~2004: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

2001: Guest Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

2000: The Royal Society and NATO Fellowship, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.

1996~1999: Researcher, V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St Petersburg State University, Russia.

1997: Guest Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh University, USA.

1995~1996: Junior Researcher, V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St Petersburg State University, Russia.

Awards

2022: HPC Innovation Excellence Award for outstanding achievements enabled with high-performance computing (HPC) for “HPC-driven design of innovative functional materials for catalysis, energy conversion, and storage”, Hyperion Research, USA.

2002~2004: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship of the AvH Foundation, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Theme: “Many-body theory for deformed metal clusters” (host Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Walter Greiner).

2001: Prize winner of the competition for young scientists supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR 01-02-06451), Russia.

2000: The Royal Society and NATO Fellowship, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Theme: “Hartree-Fock deformed jellium model for metal clusters” (host Prof. J.-P. Connerade).

1993~1995: Russian President's award for outstanding progress in study and scientific research, Russia.

1997~2000: Prize winner of the Russian Government's competition for outstanding young scientists, Russia.

1998~1999: Prize winner of the St. Petersburg city competition for young scientists, Russia.

1997: Personal Grant of the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation for outstanding young scientists, Russia.

List of external research funding

• Principal Investigator JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C. Duration: 2015-2019. Budget: 5,070,000 yen. Project title: Theoretical design of novel nanocatalysts based on abundant elements (豊富元素を活用した新規ナノ触媒の理論設計).

• Principal Investigator JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C. Duration: 2010-2012. Budget: 3,100,000 yen. Project title: Theoretical study on the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles (金ナノ粒子の触媒活性に関する理論的研究).

• Principal Investigator in the collaborative research project of the Information Initiative Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Duration: 2011-2012. Budget: 400,000 yen. Project title: Tuning the catalytic activity of metal nanoparticles via support design.

• PI assistant, coordinator and investigator in the international collaborative research project funded by the International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union INTAS (grant 03-51-6170). Project included 7 teams from 4 countries (Germany, UK, Italy, Russia). Duration: 2004-2007. Budget: 171,000 Euro. Project title: Structure and properties of atomic clusters.

• Investigator in the research project funded by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR) (2003-2005). Project title: Quantum-mechanical theory of bremsstrahlung in collisions of complex many-electron systems.

• Principal Investigator in the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR) grant (2004).

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship of the AvH Foundation, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2002-2004). Project title: Many-body theory for deformed metal clusters. Host Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Walter Greiner.

• Investigator of the research project funded by the Russian Academy of Sciences (grant 44, 6th call of research projects for the young scientists of the RAS) (2001-2003). Project title: Polarizational bremsstrahlung from many-electron systems.

• The Royal Society and NATO Fellowship, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom (2000). Project title: Hartree-Fock deformed jellium model calculations for metal cluster electronic structure. Host Prof. J.-P. Connerade.

• Principal Investigator in the research project funded by the RFBR (1999 – 2001). The total budget was approximately 15,000 Euro. Project title: Polarizational bremsstrahlung from atoms, ions and clusters.

• Prize winner of the competition for young scientists supported by the RFBR (2001).

• Investigator in the collaborative research project funded by the INTAS (1999 – 2001)

• Investigator in the research project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (1999 – 2001).

• Prize winner of the St. Petersburg city competition for young scientist (1998 and 1999).

• Prize winner of the Russian Government's competition for outstanding young scientists (1997-2000).

• Investigator in the research project funded by the RFBR (1996 – 1997).

• Personal Grant of the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation for outstanding young scientists (1997).

• Russian President's award for the outstanding progress in scientific research (1993-1995).

Contributions to Education / Teaching Experience

• Practical courses in physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, quantum mechanics) for undergraduate students (St Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia) during 1997-1999 and one semester in 2001;

• Supervision and/or work with PhD and undergraduate students;

• Preparation of the specialized lecture course for PhD students on theoretical methods in physics of atomic clusters and nanoparticles (FIAS, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2005-2008);

• Preparation of special lectures on atomic clusters and nanoparticles; nanostructures; fission of atomic clusters; growth of nanoparticles on surfaces; nanomagnetism; density functional theory; many-body theory and random phase approximation with exchange; radiation processes with many-electron systems; collision theory; scattering theory, computational methods in quantum chemistry and self consistent field numerical codes for atoms, molecules and clusters, etc. (FIAS, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2005-2008);

• Invited lectures at Summer School on Theoretical and Computational Methods in Meso-Bio-Nano- Science (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2006);

• Invited lectures at Summer School on Applications of Nano-components & Nano-materials (Como, Italy, 2007);

• Books A.V. Korol, A.G. Lyalin, and A.V. Solov'yov, Polarizational Bremsstrahlung, Publishing House of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St Petersburg, (2004) (in Russian) and A.V. Korol, A.G. Lyalin, and A.V. Solov'yov, Basics of Physics of Polarizational Bremsstrahlung Processes, Publishing House of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St Petersburg, (2010) (in Russian) addressed to graduate students and researchers with a background in atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics.