Marco Salvalaglio

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Emmy Noether Group Leader

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Mr Prof. Dr. Marco Salvalaglio

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Institute of Scientific Computing

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I'm a theoretical material scientist working at the crossroads between solid-state physics, computational material science and applied mathematics. My research focuses on the modeling and simulation of material properties/evolution and related fields, such as pattern recognition and analysis. I mainly exploit continuum elasticity models, Phase-Field / Phase-Field Crystals models, and Finite Element Method calculations. I'm interested in developing continuum and coarse-grained approaches, able to explain and tailor the outcome of experiments. Since March 2021, I'm leading the Mesoscale Material Modeling & Simulations Group at TU-Dresden, IWR & Dresden Center for Comp. Mat. Sci. (DCMS) funded by the Emmy Noether Programme (DFG).

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Research Interests

• Continuum and mesoscale modeling of material properties
• Phase-Field and (Amplitude) Phase-Field Crystal modeling
• Surface diffusion, Dewetting, Heteroepitaxy
• Defects in Crystals and Grain Boundaries
• Pattern formation and analysis, Correlated disorder
• Scientific Computing​

Master Thesis / SHK: Students (m/f/d) who aim at a research projects in computational materials science or applied mathematics are always welcome. Possible topics are (not restricted to): i) Elasticity in coarse-grained atomistic description (e.g. PFC); ii) Improvement of phase-field (PF) modeling for surface diffusion (modeling/numerics aspects); iii) PF simulation of solid-state dewetting; iv) Combining PF and Machine learning methods. If interested please contact me

For Available Positions (e.g. Ph.D.) and/or information on how to join the Mesoscale Material Modeling & Simulations Group see Join us!      

Selected invited talks

• "Microstructure Evolution in Thin Films: Solid-State Dewetting Scenarios and Tailoring Self-Assembly", TMS Annual Meeting 2026, San Diego (US), March 2026
• Distinguished Lecture: "Disconnection flow-mediated microstructure evolution", EUROMECH International Colloquium on “Mechanics of Interfaces”, Metz (FR), August 2025
• Keynote: "Integrative approaches to model and tailor material microstructure", MSE Research Data Forum 2025, Siegburg (DE), July 2025

• Topical Talk: "Understanding the impact of disconnection flow on microstructure evolution, Defects of Defects Topical session, DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section , Regensburg (DE), March 2025

• Unveiling local structures in hyperuniform patterns via persistent homology and topological statistics. Hyperuniformity and related topics workshop, Paris (FR), December 2024.

• Microscopically-informed phase field models of grain growth: benchmarks and application.

  CHiMaD Phase Field Methods XVII workshop, Chicago (US), November 2024.

• Tailoring the self-assembly of ordered and hyperuniform nanostructures by solid-state dewetting.NanoSea-2024, Marseille (FR), July 2024.

• Coarse-grained phase field crystal modeling of elasticity and defects. The 5th International Symposium on Phase-Field Modelling in Materials Science, Hangzhou, (CN), May 2024.

• Richard-von-Mises Prize Plenary Lecture 2024: Bridging scales in mechanics: mesoscale modeling of crystalline materials. GAMM Annual Meeting, Magdeburg (DE), March 2024.

• Elasticity and plasticity at the mesoscale by phase field crystal modeling.RAM3: Recent Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics of Materials, Rome (IT), February 2024.

• IOM Colloquium: Tailoring the self-assembly of ordered and correlated-disordered nanostructures by solid-state dewetting: a modeling perspective. Leibnitz Institute of Surface Engineering, Leipzig (DE), May 2023.

• Karlsruher Werkstoffkolloquium: Self-assembly of ordered and correlated-disordered nanostructures by solid-state dewetting.Institute for Applied Materials, KIT, Karlsruhe (DE), May 2023.

• Interface faceting-defaceting mediated by disconnections. EarthFlows workshop '22

  Oslo (NO), June 2022.

• Continuum modeling and simulation of solid-state dewetting. SemiconNano2021, Milano (IT), Sept. 2021.

• Effect of compositional strain and cottrell atmospheres in binary systems by amplitude PFC modeling. SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS20), Bilbao (SP), May 2021.

• Oral-Highlight: Closing the gap between atomic-scale lattice deformations and continuum elasticity within the PFC framework. The 4th International Symposium on Phase‑Field Modelling in Materials Science, Bochum (DE), July 2019.

• Crystal growth and morphological evolution of thin films by PF modeling PULSE 2019 - International Conference of GDR PULSE, Clermont-Ferrand (FR), July 2019.

• Complex morphological evolution of thin-films by phase field modeling and simulation.European Material Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting, Warsaw (PL) Sept. 2018.

• Coarse-grained, three-dimensional modeling of defect networks by the amplitude expansion of the PFC model.Particle-based methods in materials science, ICMS Edinburgh (Scotland - UK), July 2018.

• Complex dewetting scenarios of ultra-thin silicon films. DIMAT 2017 - 10th International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, Haifa (IL). May 2017.

Publications

77 Entries

2025

• Why grain growth is not curvature flowQiu, C., Srolovitz, D. J., Rohrer, G. S., Han, J. & Salvalaglio, M., 17 Jun 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 24, e2500707122Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• A non-isothermal phase-field crystal model with lattice expansion: Analysis and benchmarksPunke, M., Salvalaglio, M., Voigt, A. & Wise, S. M., 15 Mar 2025, In: Modelling and simulation in materials science and engineering. 33 (2025), 2, 16 p., 025007Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Inferring traits of hyperuniformity from local structures via persistent homologyMilor, A. H. G. & Salvalaglio, M., 20 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 37 (2025), 14, 20 p., 145401Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Hybrid-PFC: Coupling the phase-field crystal model and its amplitude-equation formulationPunke, M. & Salvalaglio, M., 13 Jan 2025, In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 436 (2025), 22 p., 117719Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

• Mesoscale modeling of deformations and defects in thin crystalline sheetsBenoit–Maréchal, L., Nitschke, I., Voigt, A. & Salvalaglio, M., Nov 2024, In: Mechanics of Materials. 198, 105114Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Mesoscale field theory for quasicrystalsDe Donno, M., Angheluta, L., Elder, K. R. & Salvalaglio, M., Oct 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 4, 043285Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Grain boundaries are Brownian ratchetsQiu, C., Punke, M., Tian, Y., Han, Y., Wang, S., Su, Y., Salvalaglio, M. & 3 others, 30 Aug 2024, In: Science. 385, 6712, p. 980-985, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Nonequilibrium hyperuniform states in active turbulenceBackofen, R., Altawil, A. Y., Salvalaglio, M. & Voigt, A., 11 Jun 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 24, e2320719121Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Gradient elasticity in Swift-Hohenberg and phase-field crystal modelsBenoit-Maréchal, L. & Salvalaglio, M., 8 May 2024, In: Modelling and simulation in materials science and engineering. 32 (2024), 5, 27 p., 055005Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Persistent homology and topological statistics of hyperuniform point cloudsSalvalaglio, M., Skinner, D. J., Dunkel, J. & Voigt, A., Apr 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 2, 023107 Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

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Teaching

Sommersemester 2025

Modeling Seminar (PDEs, Homogenization, Correlated systems): Course Page in OPAL

Sommersemester 2018-present

Advanced Concepts of Scientific Computing (MATH - CMS). Links: Course Page ('25) in OPAL

Sommersemester 2016

Graduate Lectures on "Continuum modeling of Heteroepitaxy"