Dr. Christian Tantardini

Ph.D., in Materials Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation – 2020
M.S., in Chemistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy – Graduated with full marks and honors (cum laude) – 2014
B.S., in Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (Chemical Science track), University of Insubria, Como, Italy – Graduated with full marks and merit in just 2 years – 2012.

Gonze, S. Rostami, C. Tantardini. Variational Density Functional Perturbation Theory for Metals. Physical Review B, 109, 014317 (2024).
Tantardini, M. Iliaš, M. Giantomassi, A. G. Kvashnin, V. Pershina, X. Gonze. Generating and grading 34 optimised norm-conserving Vanderbilt pseudopotentials for actinides and super-heavy elements in the PseudoDojo. Computer Physics Communications, 295, 109002 (2024).
Tantardini, A. G Kvashnin, M. Azizi, X. Gonze, C. Gatti, T. Altalh, B. I. Yakobson. Electronic Properties of Functionalized Diamanes for Field Emission Display. ACS Applied Materials & Interface, 14 (40), 9118-9125 (2023).
Tantardini, A. Oganov. Thermochemical Electronegativities of the Elements. Nature Communications 12, 2087 (2021).
Tantardini, A. G Kvashnin, C. Gatti, B. I. Yakobson, X. Gonze. Computational Modeling of 2D Materials under High Pressure and Their Chemical Bonding: Silicene as Possible Field-Effect Transistor. ACS Nano, 15, 6861−6871 (2021).

18.03.2025 Winner Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers for the project titled: “Overcoming Challenges in Numerical Solutions of the Bethe-Salpeter Equation”.
Description of the project: Explore analytical and numerical techniques with Artificial Intelligence (grid search, random search, gradient-based methods, and metaheuristics) to optimize kernel parameters of Bethe-Salpeter equation for improved accuracy and minimized approximation errors.