Professor Hatef Sadeghi
Prof. Dr. Hatef Sadeghi is a Professor of Computational Quantum Engineering, and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. His main research area is theoretical nanoscale electronics and computational materials discovery. He is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships, the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship in June 2017, the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (the First cohort) in Feb 2019, and has been listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University. He is Topic Editor of Nanomaterials. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers several of which are in Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Electronics, Nano Letters, PNAS, JACS, Nature Communications, ACSNano, Advanced Functional Materials, Science Advances, Angewandte, etc. He collaborates at the interface between Physics, Chemistry and Electronic Engineering. He co-created the quantum transport code "GOLLUM" and leads its development and distributions. Prof Sadeghi has developed new concepts and methodologies in the theory of nanoscale electronics including innovative strategies for demonstrating, controlling and exploiting quantum interference for applications in thermoelectricity, switching, sensing and optoelectronics.
Prizes and Awards
01/2021 Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
11/2011 Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher
Academic Employment
08/2023 - Current Professor of Computational Quantum Engineering and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK
07/2021 - 07/2023 Associate Professor in Multiscale Modelling and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK
09/2019 - 06/2021 Assistant Professor in Multiscale Modelling and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK
05/2019 - 08/2019 Lecturer in Physics and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Physics Department, Lancaster University, UK
05/2018 - 04/2019 Leverhulme Fellow and Senior Research Associate, Physics Department, Lancaster University, UK
01/2016 - 04/2018 Senior Research Associate, Physics Department, Lancaster University, UK
11/2011 - 12/2015 Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Physics Department, Lancaster University, UK
Research Funding
The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship - Renewal, Principle investigator, No: MR/X015181/1
Project Title: Hybrid Molecular Energy Harvesting (HiMOL).Value: £990K | Duration: 01/11/2023 - 30/10/2026 — nanolab.uk/himolHorizon Europe EIC PathFinderOpen - UKRI InnovateUK Guarantee Scheme, Principle investigator, No: 101099098
Project Title: Atomically Precise Nanoribbons Quantum Platform (ATYPIQUAL).Value: €3.4M (Warwick share: £772K) | Duration: 01/10/2023 - 31/03/2027Royal Society - International Exchanges, Principle investigator, No: IES\R3\92223170
Project Title: Enhancement of photocatalytic dehydrogenation activity using quantum interference.Value: £12K | Duration: 31/03/2023 - 30/03/2025The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, Principle investigator, No: MR/S015329/2
Project Title: Exploiting quantum and phonon interference for molecular thermoelectricity and Seebeck sensing (MoQPI).Value: £935K | Duration: 01/05/2019 - 30/10/2023 — nanolab.uk/moqpiFLF Development Network - Plus Funds, Principle investigator, No: PF007
Project Title: Future Leaders Network for Nanoscale Energy Harvesting.Value: £25K | Duration: 01/12/2021 - 01/12/2022 — nanoleaders.orgUniversity of Warwick Capital Fund, Principle investigator
Project Title: Future Leaders Network for Nanoscale Energy Harvesting.Value: £25K | Duration: 01/12/2021 - 01/12/2022 — nanoleaders.orgThe Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, Principle investigator, No: ECF-2017-186
Project Title: Quantum and Phonon Interference in Molecular-scale Thermoelectric Materials.Value: £120K | Duration: 01/05/2018 - 30/04/2021 — nanolab.uk/leverhulme