People

Current Group Members

Prof. Maytal Caspary Toroker
Smadar Amir – Coordinator

Postdoctoral Researchers

PhD Students

Masters Students

Undergraduate Students


Postdoctoral Alumni

Postdoctoral Alumni
YearNameTopic
2016-17Dr. Valeria ButeraDeveloping cluster models for oxides
2014-17Dr. Jeremie ZaffranDopant effects in modeling nickel oxyhydroxide catalysis
2017-20Dr. Kapil DhakaNon-stoichiometry and vacancy formation in oxides
2019-22Dr. Santu BiswasCO2 electrolysis with perovskite oxides
2020-22Dr. Bipasa SamantaOrganic-inorganic solar cells parametrization
2024-25Dr. Rakesh Kumar SahooCO2 reduction

PhD Alumni

PhD Alumni
YearNameTitle
2019Natav YatomA Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Iron-Oxide Photoelectrodes for Water Splitting
2021Vicky FidelskyTheoretical Research on LSFCr Perovskite as a Catalyst for CO2 Reduction
2021Gabriela Stan MelechAn Efficient Multiscale Approach for Calculating Charge Transport in Nano-Devices
2022Yuval ElbazModeling and Prediction of Electron Transfer in Spinel Oxides
2023Nadav SnirOptical, Electronic, and Catalytic Properties of Iron Oxide Under Working Conditions

MSc Alumni

MSc Alumni
YearNameTitle
2016Ofer NeufeldA Theoretical Study of ALFA-Fe2O3; Solar Water Splitting Catalysis and Metal/Metal-Oxide Interfaces in Advanced Photoelectrochemical Cells
2016Natav YatomPhotocatalysis on Nb-doped Fe2O3 surface
2017Vicky FidelskyTheoretical Characterization for Nickel Oxyhydroxide – One of the Best Water Oxidation Catalysts for Energy Applications
2017Gabriela Stan MelehLateral Interface in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Metal/Semiconductor Heterostructures
2018Yuval ElbazDiffusion of Hydrogen Ions in Metal Oxides Phases
2018Michael NagliCharacterization of M(OH)2 (M = Ni, Fe, Co) Two-Dimensional Materials through Computational Methods
2019Ester KorkusThe Effect of Strain and Co Doping at Varying Concentration on the Efficiency of Nickel Oxyhydroxide in the Process of Water Oxidation
2019Liora TietzTheoretical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Dielectric Materials for MoS2-Based Field-Effect Transistors
2020Almog ReshefThe Atomic Source of Flicker Noise in Superconducting Qubits
2021Roni EppsteinCalculations on Pathways and Mechanism for Charge Transport in MnxFe3-xO4
2022Sean DvirMachine Learning based Method for Finding Improved Initial Guess of Adsorption Site DFT Calculation
2022Eitan YohananThe Role Interlayer Arrangements on Water Oxidation Catalysis in Two Dimensional Materials
2022Yair ReichmanLattice Mismatched Interface in a Binary Heterostructure System
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Undergraduate Alumni

Undergraduate Alumni
YearNameTitle
2013Mila VolkovEmpirical pair-potentials
2014Asaf HaddadComputational codes in materials science
2014Amir KleinerPerovskite materials
2015Shelly NavonFe2O3 oxide surface
2015Mahran ShehadéOxide catalysis
2015Leora SheinMetal/Oxide interfaces
2015Almog ReshefMetal/Oxide interfaces
2016Meir DahanFe2O3 catalysis
2016Eran AharonFe2O3 catalysis
2016Chen HareliMonte Carlo Simulations
2018Yanay ToviMetal/Oxide interfaces
2018Mishelle BerezinskyOxide catalysis
-Nir GlazerFe2O3 catalysis
-Yoav ShakedFe2O3 catalysis
2020Noam HadariNumerical methods
2020Yair ReichmanNumerical methods
2022Shir-El ArazaniFinite Elements
2024Avi CohenCharge dynamic
2024Leeor MeirNiOOH Catarlysis
2024Nofar RefaeliNiOOH Catarlysis
2025Aya AwawdyZSM-5 Zeolites
2025Iris HerscoviciZSM-5 Zeolites
2025Dor Rettig-GrunNumerical methods
2026Reut MelnickInterface