Germain Vallverdu

Germain Vallverdu is an Associate Professor in Theoretical Chemistry at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), affiliated with the Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM). His research focuses on developing computational strategies to study complex systems, particularly surfaces/interfaces, chemical reactivity, and spectroscopy. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Université Paris-Sud 11 (2009) and conducted postdoctoral research at CEA-DAM on mesoscopic models for shock waves. His work integrates multi-scale approaches and numerical simulations.

Education:

• PhD in Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry), Université Paris-Sud 11 (2006–2009)
• Magistère de Physico-Chimie Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud 11/ENS Cachan (2003–2006)
• Master's in Molecular Chemical Physics, Université Paris-Sud 11 (2004–2006)
• Bachelor's in Chemical Physics, Université Paris-Sud 11 (2003–2004)

Research Interests: Vallverdu’s research combines theoretical chemistry, molecular dynamics, and spectroscopy to study surfaces/interfaces, particularly in energy storage materials (e.g., lithium oxides) and petroleum chemistry (e.g., asphaltene aggregation). He develops computational tools for core-level binding energy calculations and multi-scale simulations.

Key Projects:

• RS2E: French network on electrochemical energy storage
• C2MC: Molecular characterization of complex matrices

Advising & Grants: No students listed. Contributions include grants for energy storage and materials science projects. His GitHub repositories (e.g., gVallverdu) highlight computational tool development for chemistry applications.

Labs & Teams: Active in the IPREM Institute, collaborating on experimental-theoretical studies of surfaces and interfaces.