About Johannes Lischner

I am currently a Professor in Theory and Simulation of Materials in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London.

I obtained a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University in 2010 working in the group of Prof. Tomas  Arias. From 2010 to 2014, I was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in the groups of Prof. Steven Louie and Prof. Marvin Cohen. From 2014 to 2021, I was a Royal Society University Research Fellow.

In my research, I study the physical and chemical properties of materials using theoretical modelling approaches. Currently, much of my work is focussed on nanomaterials and energy materials. For example, I am interested in understanding the properties of twisted bilayer materials, catalytic metal surfaces, plasmonic nanoparticles and defects. To learn about the properties of these materials, I employ a variety of modelling techniques ranging from quantum-mechanical approaches, such as many-body perturbation theory (GW/BSE method) or density-functional theory, to classical force fields and elastic continuum models.