Valera Veryazov

Valera Veryazov is a Senior Lecturer in Computational Chemistry at Lund University, Sweden. As Principal Investigator in the eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration initiative, he leads multiple research projects focusing on quantum chemical calculations and material science investigations. His work combines advanced electronic structure theory with software development through the OpenMolcas platform.

• Research Focus: Electronic structure calculations, atomic clusters, and computational method development
• Key Collaborations: Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, Crafoord Foundation

His research explores molecular and solid-state systems through density functional theory, with particular emphasis on actinide compounds, transition metals, and hydrogen-bonded networks. Recent work demonstrates expertise in embedded cluster approaches for spectroscopy calculations.

Current projects include Engineering atoms with tailored properties using physics-informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (2025-2026) and basis set development for electronic structure theory. Scientific achievements include significant OpenMolcas software contributions and grants from Swedish research foundations.