Dr. Nicholas Hine
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Theory Group in the Department of Physics. My research involves theory and simulation of nanomaterials. I am a developer of the ONETEP Linear-Scaling Density Functional Theory Package, which enables us to perform realistic simulations of large systems comprising thousands of atoms. This allows us to study complex systems such as proteins, heterostructure interfaces, layered materials, molecular crystals, and semiconductor nanocrystals.
I am a member of the UKCP Consortium, a High-End Consortium for access to the ARCHER supercomputer, and I am a member of the CCP9 Working Group, and PI of the current CCP9 Flagship Project. I am also a major user of Warwick's local HPC facilities, via the Scientific Computing Research Technology Platform, and the ATHENA system of the HPC Midlands Plus.
Current Projects
A large part of my work involves theoretical spectroscopy, specifically excitations in complex systems and interactions with the environment. I also have research interests across a wide variety of topics involving simulation of materials, particularly in relation to energy materials (eg OPVs, TiO2), layered materials (eg TMDCs) and biological systems (eg light-harvesting complexes).
Recruitment
I am currently advertising a project associated with the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems. This project will focus on 2D Material Heterostructures and novel Twistronic Devices, and suits strong candidates with interests such as simulation of real-world systems, coding, machine learning and method development.
Aside from specific opportunities, I am always looking to recruit excellent students and I welcome enquiries from interested candidates, particularly those with a strong inclination towards theoretical and computational methods, and an interest in simulation of nanomaterials. I am interested in hearing from prospective PhD students, particularly anyone who might be candidates for schemes such as as the Chancellor's International Fellowships. Please contact me if you are interested, and also see the Prospective Students page.
A visualisation of a 9000-atom segment of the Fenna Matthews Olson Pigment-Protein complex:
Other Research
Please do contact me also if you have ideas of your own that are amenable to study with large-scale electronic structure methods!
Teaching
In 2018/19 I am teaching the following modules
From 2015/17 to 2017/18 I was teaching
Contact details:
Address: Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL
Office: PS140
Telephone: (+44) 02476 574415
Fax: (+44) 02476 523376
E-Mail: N.D.M.Hine@warwick.ac.uk