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Nicola Spaldin studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, obtaining her B.A. in 1991. She moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her PhD in Chemistry in 1996. Following her PhD, Spaldin worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Applied Physics Department at Yale University. She then held academic positions at UC Santa Barbara's Materials Department, starting as an Assistant Professor (1997-2002), becoming an Associate Professor (2002-2006), and achieving the rank of Full Professor in 2006. In 2011, she moved to ETH Zürich to lead the Department of Materials Theory. Her research primarily focuses on materials theory and the fundamental physics of novel materials with potential technological applications. She has participated in numerous collaborations, developing new theoretical methods and designing materials with specific functionalities. Notable materials of interest include magnetoelectric multiferroics and transition-metal oxides, particularly those displaying strong electron correlations. Spaldin has held visiting professorships in various institutions and is recognized for her contributions to materials science through numerous awards, including the Lise Meitner Award and the Europhysics Prize.
ETH Zürich, Department of Materials • Zürich, Switzerland
Lead the Department of Materials Theory, focusing on theoretical techniques to study novel materials.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Materials Department • Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Conducted research in materials science and taught graduate-level courses.
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