Johannes Lischner

Johannes Lischner is a **Professor of Theory and Simulation of Materials** at the **Department of Materials, Imperial College London**, and director of the MSc in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering. He leads the Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials and Molecules. With a PhD from Cornell University (2010), he specializes in electronic excitations in complex materials, focusing on twisted 2D materials, plasmonic hot carriers, and core-electron spectroscopy.

His research combines advanced electronic structure methods (GW/BSE) to study nanomaterials and energy materials. Key areas include twisted bilayers of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides, nanoplasmonic hot-carrier generation, and core-electron spectroscopy modeling. Notable contributions include predicting hot-carrier dynamics in gold nanoparticles for CO₂ reduction and explaining superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene.

Recent publications highlight atomistic modeling of plasmon-induced hot carriers, excitonic Mott insulators in moiré heterostructures, and core-electron binding energy calculations. His work bridges theory and experiment, collaborating with groups at Barcelona, Carnegie Mellon, and Heriot-Watt Universities.

• **Affiliations**: Imperial College London, Thomas Young Centre
• **Education**: PhD Physics (Cornell University, 2010)
• **Grants**: Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2014–present)

Lischner’s lab develops novel methods for simulating excited-state phenomena in materials, with applications in renewable energy, nanotechnology, and quantum devices.