Chuanlai Liu

Dr. Chuanlai Liu is a Project Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, leading the Computational Energy Storage Materials research group. His work focuses on materials modeling, computational electro-chemo-mechanics, solid mechanics, and high-performance computing, with expertise in developing open-source simulation software like DAMASK.

His research interests include microstructure-sensitive modeling of polycrystalline materials, phase-field simulations of deformation and fracture in ice, spinodal decomposition dynamics, and chemo-mechanical interactions in battery materials. He also explores vacancy trapping in alloys and the mechanical behavior of magnesium and aluminum alloys through advanced computational methods.

Dr. Liu’s publications highlight contributions to multiphysics modeling, alloy design, and sustainable material science. His work bridges theoretical models with practical applications in energy storage and recycling of 'dirty' aluminum alloys. The DAMASK software, co-developed by Liu, is widely used for simulating complex material behaviors under mechanical and chemical loading.