Nicola Marzari

Nicola Marzari is a computational materials scientist and condensed-matter physicist known for his contributions to electronic-structure theory, transport theories, data-intensive materials discovery, and open research infrastructures. He is Professor and Chair of Theory and Simulation of Materials at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and heads the Laboratory for Materials Simulations at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). In July 2025 the Cavendish Laboratory announced his appointment as the next Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, to be taken up in 2026.