Catherine Stampfl is a professor of physics at the University of Sydney and was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2019.[1][2]
Catherine Stampfl | |
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| Born | Catherine Margaret Stampfl |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A one-step model of photoemission based on a multi-slice LEED formalism (1990) |
Career
editStampfl received a PhD in physics from La Trobe University in 1990.[3] She then moved to the United States where she worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany. Before her return to Australia in 2003 she worked at Northwestern University.[4] She then settled in Sydney and had two children, Eva and Elke.
Catherine Stampfl works in interdisciplinary research across physics, engineering, chemistry and materials science. Stampfl has an international reputation for her research on the atomic and electronic structure of solids and nanostructures. She works at the University of Sydney Nano-institute, as a theoretical condensed matter physicist.[5][6]
Stampfl works to predict new catalysts and new materials including those that could convert carbon dioxide into other fuels, as well as researching chemical reactions at surfaces.[7]
Her work involves high-performance computing and first-principles calculations to develop an understanding of how matter behaves. She also works to predict new and improved materials for enhanced technology.[8]
Of her work, she remarks "we are a bit like explorers. We try new things and we see what the calculated properties are... sometimes you will find something that has high potential".[8]
She is noted as a woman "in theoretical/computational chemistry, material science, and biochemistry".[9]
Select publications
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- C Stampfl, CG Van de Walle (1999) Density-functional calculations for III-V nitrides using the local-density approximation and the generalized gradient approximation Physical Review B:59(8),5521.
- C Stampfl, W Mannstadt, R Asahi, AJ (2001) Freeman Electronic structure and physical properties of early transition metal mononitrides: Density-functional theory LDA, GGA, and screened-exchange LDA FLAPW calculations. Physical Review B:63(15)155106
- M Bonn, S Funk, C Hess, DN Denzler, C Stampfl, et al. (1999) Phonon-versus electron-mediated desorption and oxidation of CO on Ru (0001)
- Science 285 (5430), 1042–1045.
- C Stampfl, CG Van de Walle (1998) Energetics and electronic structure of stacking faults in AlN, GaN, and InN. Physical Review B 57 (24), R15052
Stampfl has an H-index of 50, and over 9,200 citations as at September 2019.[10]
Awards, honours and recognition
edit- 2023 — Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship[11]
- 2021 — Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales[12]
- 2019 — Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
- 2018 — Deputy Champion of the team Nanotechnology for Carbon-Neutral Manufacturing, in the Sydney Nano Grand Challenge[13]
- 2003 — ARC Federation Fellow at the University of Sydney[14]
References
edit- ^ "Edutainment". Materials Theory Group. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ SCIMEX (27 May 2019). "Australia's top scientists elected as Fellows of the Academy". Scimex. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ Stampfl, Catherine Margaret (1990). A one-step model of photoemission based on a multi-slice LEED formalism (Thesis thesis).
- ^ "Research Supervisor Profile for Professor Catherine Stampfl - Research Supervisor Connect - University of Sydney, Australia". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Professor Catherine Stampfl | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Condensed Matter Theory Group, the University of Sydney". www.physics.usyd.edu.au. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Canadian reciprocal rights for AIP members; Australian Academy of Science Awardees, the unraveling Great Red Spot; and more physics in June | Australian Institute of Physics". Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b Professor Catherine Stampfl FAA, retrieved 21 September 2019
- ^ "Women in theoretical/computational chemistry, material science, and biochemistry". iopenshell.usc.edu. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Stampfl, C.)". www2.scopus.com. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "2023 Laureate Profile: Professor Catherine Stampfl – 2023 Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship". Australian Research Council. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "1292nd Ordinary General Meeting" (PDF). The Royal Society of New South Wales. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Jun has won the Grand Challenge Project of the University of Sydney Nano Institute". huang-group. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Condensed Matter Theory Group, the University of Sydney". www.physics.usyd.edu.au. Retrieved 21 September 2019.