Dr. Matthias Krack

• CP2K code development (member of the core developer team since its initiation in 1999)
• Work package leader WP2 in the Horizon 2020 project INSPYRE, since 2017
• Participation in WP5 of the Horizon 2020 project SOTERIA, since 2015 – 2019
• Co-applicant SNF project: Detailed understanding of metal adsorption on clay minerals obtained by combining atomistic simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, 2015  – 2019
• CSCS project: First-principle molecular dynamics simulation of Cu₃N, 2016 – 2018
• CSCS project: Simulation of Radiation Damage in Nuclear Materials, 2013 – 2016
• Web responsible Internet/Intranet, Research Department Nuclear Energy and Safety, 2014 – 2018
• Sub-project leader within the STARS Programme, 2014 – 2018

Academic Education

• Studies in chemistry, University of Hannover, Germany, 1983 – 1989
• Diploma in chemistry, University of Hannover, 1989
• Doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Hannover, 1989 – 1993

Employment History

• Research assistant, University of Hannover, 1988 – 1989
• Research associate (Theoretical Chemistry), University of Hannover, 1990 – 1998
• Research associate, MPI for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, 1998 – 2001
• Senior research associate, ETH Zurich (CSCS), Lugano, 2001 – 2007
• Materials scientist, PSI, Villigen, 2007 – 2015
• Head of Fuel Modelling Group at PSI, 2015 – 2017
• Head of Multiscale Materials Modelling Group at PSI, since Jan 2018