We are delighted to welcome Professor Ricardo Grau-Crespo from University of Reading, UK to the Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances as an Associate Editor.
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I’m excited to join the Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances to contribute to the outstanding work these journals are doing in publishing cutting-edge research with real-world impact in renewable energy and sustainable technologies.
I look forward to encouraging and handling submissions related to computational and machine-learning techniques in materials chemistry, especially at a time when AI is driving a remarkable acceleration in the predictive capabilities of computational chemistry. As Associate Editor, I’m keen to help build a diverse and vibrant platform for researchers from around the world, and foster a community that brings together novel ideas, interdisciplinary approaches, and new voices in materials chemistry. |
Ricardo Grau-Crespo is an Associate Professor of Materials Theory at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Reading, where he leads a research group focused on the computer modelling of energy materials.
His research uses a combination of density functional theory and machine learning techniques to understand and predict the behaviour of materials in thermoelectric, photocatalytic, and other applications. He is also interested in the theory of site-disordered materials and the development of computational tools for calculating their properties. Dr Grau-Crespo earned a BSc and MSc in Physics at the University of Havana, Cuba.
After working for a few years researching zeolite-based catalysts for the Cuban oil industry, Ricardo moved to the UK with an Overseas Research Studentship award to pursue a PhD at Birkbeck, University of London. He then held a postdoctoral position and a subsequent four-year lectureship at University College London, before joining the University of Reading in 2013 where he is currently Research Division Leader for Chemical Sciences. He has published over 110 articles in the field of computational materials science and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
Read Ricardo’s latest publications in RSC journals below:
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Spinel ferrites MFe2O4 (M = Co, Cu, Zn) for photocatalysis: theoretical and experimental insights
Charlotte A. Hall, Pilar Ferrer, David C. Grinter, Santosh Kumar, Ivan da Silva, Juan Rubio-Zuazo, Peter Bencok, Frank de Groot, Georg Held and Ricardo Grau-Crespo J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advanced Article |
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Ultralow thermal conductivity in defect pyrochlores: balancing mass fluctuation scattering and rattling modes
Natasha Ormerod, Anthony V. Powell, Ricardo Grau-Crespo, Richard K. B. Gover and Christina J. Cox J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 22668-22678 |
Thank you for joining us in welcoming Ricardo Grau-Crespo to the Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances Editorial Boards.
