معرفی
Prof. Amir Natan is a faculty member at Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physical Electronics. He leads the Nano-Materials and Devices Theoretical Modeling Group, focusing on interdisciplinary research bridging physics, chemistry, materials science, and electrical engineering. His work contributes to the Materials Genome Initiative, aiming to revolutionize materials design through computational approaches.
Education
- B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics - Hebrew University
- M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering - Tel Aviv University
- Ph.D. in Chemistry - Weizmann Institute of Science
- Post-doctoral training - Northwestern University
Research Focus
Prof. Natan's research integrates multi-scale computational modeling with practical applications in renewable energy and nanotechnology. Key areas include:
- Theoretical formalism development for material properties prediction
- Atomic-to-macroscopic scale simulations of novel materials
- Light-matter interactions and electron dynamics
- Surface/interface phenomena in low-dimensional systems
- Real-space DFT/TDDFT methodologies
Applications span energy storage systems, photovoltaic cells, quantum dots, GaN-based HEMT devices, and sensor technologies.
Academic Advising
Currently supervising graduate students including:
- Elad Segev (M.Sc.)
- Yevgeny Rekita (M.Sc.)
Affiliations
- Tel Aviv Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Renewable Energy Center
- Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion (INREP)
- PARSEC real-space DFT code development team
