Professor Graeme J. Ackland

Chair in Computer Simulation · School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh

I simulate systems with many interacting components which give rise to emergent behaviour, from electrons in superconductors to people during epidemics.

Research & Software

Materials under extreme conditions; radiation damage in metals; interatomic potentials; atomistic and multiscale simulation; weird stuff.

Explore research

Interatomic potentials (Tadah!, LAMMPS, MOLDY) Data analysis (AIASSE).

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Teaching

Thermodynamics and quantum mechanics; open lecture notes and problem sets.

Teaching resources