Marco Salvalaglio
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Emmy Noether Nachwuchsgruppenleiter
NameHerr Prof. Dr. Marco Salvalaglio
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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).
CV - Short Bio.
2025 | DFG Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize |
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2024 |
Professorship (apl) of Computational Materials Science |
2024 | Richard von Mises Prize - GAMM |
2023 | Fellowship of the Young Academy of Europe |
2023 | MSMSE Emerging Leader - Award Winner |
from 2021 |
Group Leader - Emmy Noether Programme Mesoscale Material Modeling & Simulations Group TU-Dresden, IWR & Dresden Center for Comp. Mat. Sci. (DCMS) |
2021 | TU-Dresden Young Investigator |
2018 - 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow at TU-Dresden, IWR |
2020 | Italian Habilitation (ASN) as Associate Professor (2020) and Full Professor (2025) in Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics (02/B2) |
2019 |
Junior Visiting Fellow at Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Studies & Visiting Researcher at MSE Dept. - CityU Hong Kong |
2019 | Visiting Fellow at Aalto University (Dept. of Applied Physics) |
2016 - 2018 |
Alexander von Humboldt (Avh) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: AvH Fellow at TU-Dresden, IWR & Guest Scientist at the Materials Research Department of IHP-Microelectronics |
2016 | Ph.D. Materials Science - University of Milano-Bicocca |
2012 | M.Sc. Physics - University of Milano-Bicocca |
2010 | B.Sc. Physics - University of Milano-Bicocca |
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 research projects in computational materials science or applied mathematics are always welcome. Possible topics relate to these activities (not restricted to): i) Elasticity in coarse-grained atomistic description (e.g. PFC); ii) Improvements of phase-field (PF) modeling techniques (modeling/numerics aspects); iii) PF simulations of thin films, polycrystals, two-phase systems; iv) Combining PF and Machine learning methods; iv) Properties and inverse design of disordered correlated systems. 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
- Distinguished Lecture: "Disconnection flow-mediated microstructure evolution", EUROMECH International Colloquium on “Mechanics of Interfaces”, Metz (FR), August 2025
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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
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Unveiling local structures in hyperuniform patterns via persistent homology and topological statistics. Hyperuniformity and related topics workshop, Paris (FR), December 2024.
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Microscopically-informed phase field models of grain growth: benchmarks and application.
CHiMaD Phase Field Methods XVII workshop, Chicago (US), November 2024.
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Tailoring the self-assembly of ordered and hyperuniform nanostructures by solid-state dewetting.NanoSea-2024, Marseille (FR), July 2024.
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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.
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Richard-von-Mises Prize Plenary Lecture 2024: Bridging scales in mechanics: mesoscale modeling of crystalline materials. GAMM Annual Meeting, Magdeburg (DE), March 2024.
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Elasticity and plasticity at the mesoscale by phase field crystal modeling.RAM3: Recent Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics of Materials, Rome (IT), February 2024.
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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.
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Karlsruher Werkstoffkolloquium: Self-assembly of ordered and correlated-disordered nanostructures by solid-state dewetting.Institute for Applied Materials, KIT, Karlsruhe (DE), May 2023.
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Interface faceting-defaceting mediated by disconnections. EarthFlows workshop '22
Oslo (NO), June 2022.
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Continuum modeling and simulation of solid-state dewetting. SemiconNano2021, Milano (IT), Sept. 2021.
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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.
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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.
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Crystal growth and morphological evolution of thin films by PF modeling PULSE 2019 - International Conference of GDR PULSE, Clermont-Ferrand (FR), July 2019.
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Complex morphological evolution of thin-films by phase field modeling and simulation.European Material Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting, Warsaw (PL) Sept. 2018.
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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.
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Complex dewetting scenarios of ultra-thin silicon films. DIMAT 2017 - 10th International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, Haifa (IL). May 2017.
Publications
2016
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Continuum modelling of semiconductor heteroepitaxy: an applied perspective , 19 Mai 2016, in: Advances in Physics X. 1, 3, S. 331-367, 37 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Übersichtsartikel (Review)
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Temperature-controlled coalescence during the growth of Ge crystals on deeply patterned Si substrates , 15 April 2016, in: Journal of crystal growth. 440, S. 86-95, 10 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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GaAs/Ge crystals grown on Si substrates patterned down to the micron scale , 7 Feb. 2016, in: Journal of applied physics. 119, 5, 12 S., 055301Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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Highly Mismatched, Dislocation-Free SiGe/Si Heterostructures , 3 Feb. 2016, in: Advanced materials. 28, 5, S. 884-888, 5 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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Photodetection in Hybrid Single-Layer Graphene/Fully Coherent Germanium Island Nanostructures Selectively Grown on Silicon Nanotip Patterns , 27 Jan. 2016, in: ACS applied materials & interfaces. 8, 3, S. 2017-2026, 10 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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Elastic and Plastic Stress Relaxation in Highly Mismatched SiGe/Si Crystals , 2016, in: MRS advances. 1, 50, S. 3403-3408, 6 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
2015
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Faceting of equilibrium and metastable nanostructures: a Phase-Field model of surface diffusion tackling realistic shapes , Juni 2015, in: Crystal Growth and Design. 15, 6, S. 2787-2794, 8 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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InAs/GaAs Sharply Defined Axial Heterostructures in Self-Assisted Nanowires , Juni 2015, in: Nano letters. 15, 6, S. 3677-3683, 7 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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Engineered coalescence by annealing 3D Ge microstructures into high-quality suspended layers on Si , 2015, in: ACS applied materials & interfaces. 7, 34, S. 19219-19225, 7 S.Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
2014
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Fine control of plastic and elastic relaxation in Ge/Si vertical heterostructures , 14 Sept. 2014, in: Journal of Applied Physics. 116, 10, 9 S., 104306Elektronische (Volltext-)VersionPublikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift > Forschungsartikel
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Teaching
Sommersemester 2024
Advanced Concepts of Scientific Computing (MATH - CMS). Links: Course Page in OPAL; Course Page in SELMA
Sommersemester 2018-2023
Advanced Concepts of Scientific Computing
Sommersemester 2016
Graduate Lectures on "Continuum modeling of Heteroepitaxy"