Julia Wiktor

Julia Wiktor is an Associate Professor at the Department of Condensed Matter and Materials Theory at Chalmers University of Technology. She joined Chalmers in May 2019. Her academic journey includes a M.Sc. from Grenoble INP (France) and Gdańsk Technical University (Poland), followed by PhD studies on nuclear materials at CEA Cadarache (France), awarded by Aix-Marseille University in 2015. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, focusing on solar materials.

Her research focuses on novel photoabsorbing materials for solar devices, leveraging advanced electronic structure methods to study atomic-scale phenomena impacting solar device efficiency. Key interests include perovskites, photocatalysts, and 2D materials. She has published extensively in top journals like Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, and ACS Energy Letters, with over 39 publications since 2019. Her work spans computational studies of charge localization, defect engineering, and device optimization.

Wiktor leads projects such as "Harnessing Localized Charges for Advancing Polar Materials Engineering (POLARISE)" (2025–2029, EU-funded) and "Atomistic Design of Photoabsorbing Materials" (2020–2023, VR-funded). Her research bridges theory and application, addressing challenges in renewable energy and materials innovation.