Research Interests
The research activity of the Galli group focuses on the development and use and computational methods to understand and predict the behavior of solids, liquids and nanostructures from first principles. Method developments include first principles molecular dynamics, and ab initio calculations of electronic excited states, and in general electronic and vibrational spectroscopies. The theoretical studies of the interaction of matter and light focus on the prediction of optimal systems for harvesting sunlight. In addition to energy, Galli's research covers problems related to water resources at ambient conditions and in severe environments. Other areas of interest include phenomena and materials used to realize quantum information technologies. Galli's software activities are focused on the development of the WEST code (large-scale electronic structure within many-body perturbation theory) and participation in the development of the Qbox code (ab initio molecular dynamics) both of which are supported by MICCoM (http://miccom-center.org/).