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Member of the QUANTUM 100 - UNESCO IYQ 2025

I would like to thank the committee of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology for selecting me as one of the Quantum 100. This is a great honor that recognizes not only my dedication to scientific work over the past ten years, but also my commitment to mentoring the next generation of quantum scientists and to promoting the exchange of knowledge between academia and society. More information can be found at this link.
Press release from TU Dresden.
News from the Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology.

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RSC Digital Discovery Emerging Investigator

I was recently recognized as an up-and-coming researcher making notable contributions to accelerated science through machine learning and quantum-mechanics. As part of this distinction, I have been invited to contribute to the next Digital Discovery Emerging Investigators themed collection. Last year's collection included works from a number of exciting emerging researchers, as highlighted on the journal's website.

IEEE LANANO 2025

I co-organized the first IEEE Latin American Conference on Nanotechnology during November 4-7, 2025 at the Universidad Andina del Cusco in Cuzco, Peru. The event was a great success, thanks to all the inspiring plenary and invited talks, as well as the vibrant participation of attendees. It was wonderful to meet and exchange ideas with researchers and students from across LATAM who share similar scientific goals.

SusML Workshop 2025

I co-organized the SusML workshop from September 29 to October 1, 2025 at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany. It has been three intense and exciting days filled with inspiring talks and fruitful discussions on how to make machine learning research more sustainable. As always, many questions remain open, but I hope all participants enjoyed the workshop as much as I did. A big thanks to the co-organizers (Mariana Rossi, Gianaurelio Cuniberti. Milica Todorović, and Alexandre Tkatchenko) for their support in making this workshop possible!

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Recent Publication

On-the-Fly Machine Learning of Interatomic Potentials for Elastic Property Modeling in Al-Mg-Zr Solid Solutions

L. Volkmer, L. Medrano Sandonas*, P. Grimm, J. K. Hufenbach, G. Cuniberti.
Acta Materialia, 305, 121844 (2026)