Research Summary
The Gruenwald lab is using statistical mechanics and molecular simulation to address important questions in the field of nanoscience: How do nanomaterials form? How can we manipulate them? By developing new models and simulation techniques we reveal the microscopic mechanisms of nanomaterial synthesis, of structural transformations in nanomaterials, and of nanoparticle self-assembly.
Education
- Ph.D., Computational Physics, University Of Vienna
- M.Sc., Computational Physics, University of Vienna
Biography
Michael Gruenwald received his Master's degree (2005) and PhD (2009) working with Christoph Dellago at the University of Vienna, where he developed new computer simulation methods to study the microscopic mechanisms of structural transformations in nanocrystals. Using a Schroedinger postdoctoral fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund, Dr. Gruenwald joined Phill Geissler's group at UC Berkeley to study nanoparticle self-assembly, before he returned to Vienna as a Schroedinger postdoc. Dr. Gruenwald launched his independent career at the University of Utah in 2014 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020.