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Prof. Nicola Spaldin is a Full Professor of Materials Theory at ETH Zürich's Department of Materials. She holds a B.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (1991) and a PhD in Chemistry from UC Berkeley (1996). Her career includes roles as Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at UC Santa Barbara (1997-2010) before joining ETH in 2011. She has been a visiting professor at institutions including the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre in India and Uppsala University. Her research focuses on theoretical materials science, particularly multiferroics, transition-metal oxides, and quantum phenomena.
Spaldin's work combines first-principles calculations with experimental collaborations to design novel materials. Key projects include magnetoelectric multiferroics and room-temperature superconductors. Her awards include the 2024 Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University Belfast, 2021 IUPAP Magnetism Award, and 2019 Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist. She actively contributes to materials education, co-authoring textbooks like Magnetic Materials: Fundamentals and Device Applications.
Her research spans dark matter-electron interactions, ferroelectric domain engineering, and hidden magnetic orders. Spaldin's theoretical frameworks have advanced understanding of coupled ferroic phenomena and quantum criticality. She leads interdisciplinary projects at the interface of materials theory and experimental validation.
