STAFF PROFILE
Professor Salvy Russo
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Email:
salvy.russo@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests
- Quantum Theory
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Group Theory applied to solids
- Nanotechnology
Current and recent research projects
- Single atom defined nanostructures: atom-electronics beyond the miniaturization limit.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof L. Hollenberg (Melbourne), Prof G. Klimeck (Purdue, USA), Prof S. Rogge (Delft University, Netherlands), Dr M. Per (RMIT)
- Understanding and controlling the processes underlying self assembly of nanostructures on surfaces.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof I. Snook (RMIT), Prof K. Binder (Mainz, Germany)
- Accurate quantum modelling of the van der Waals interaction and its application to molecular physisorption onto surfaces.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof I. Snook (RMIT), Prof R. Needs (Cambridge, UK), Dr M. Towler (Cambridge, UK)
- Electrode materials in application to high performance energy storage devices.
Funding: Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, International Science Linkage Grant, CSIRO Flagship Fellowship Grant
Collaborators: Dr T. Hollenkamp (CSIRO), Dr R.Rees (CSIRO), Prof G. Smith (Utah, USA), A/Prof O. Borodin (Utah, USA)
- Electronic and Optical Properties in Transition Metal Oxides:
Collaborators: Prof Y.P. Feng (NUS, Singapore), Dr Lu Yunhao (NUS, Singapore)
- Nonvolatile memories using deep traps formed in Al2O3 by metal ion implantation
Collaborators: Prof S.H. Choi (Kyung Hee University, Korea), Prof R.G. Elliman (ANU)
- Role of Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Self-Assembly of Metallic Nanocrystals.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof I. Snook (RMIT), Dr G. Grochola (RMIT), Dr G. Opletal, Prof P. Mulvaney (Melbourne Dr Y.H. Chui (Mainz, Germany), A/Prof M. Ford (UTS)
- Project: Predication of the mechanical, electronic and optical properties of CdSe quantum dots.
Funding: VPAC Expertise Grant
Collaborator: Prof P. Mulvaney (Melbourne)
- Quantum Modelling of Photo-electrodes.
Funding: CSIRO Flagship Fellowship Grant
Collaborators: Dr I. Grey (CSIRO), N. Wilson (CSIRO)
Other Activities/Awards
- Guest co-Editor, Special Issue of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Volume 21, Issue 14, 2009)
- Invited Lecturer, Workshop on Mathematical Theory and Numerical Methods for Computational Materials Simulation and Design, University of Singapore, July-August 2009.
- Awarded CSIRO Division of Minerals 2007 Best Paper Award in the category of Contribution to science (with N. Wilson and I. Grey)
- Invited Chair, Symposium F (Nanocomputation), 2008 International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Melbourne 2008
- Co-organiser and session chair of the Workshop on Interaction Energies and the Structure of Surfaces and Nano-structures (International Workshop), Melbourne 2008
- Invited Chair, Symposium K (Materials Modelling and Design), IUMRS-ICEM 8th International Conference on Electronic Materials, Sydney 2008
- Invited co-Chair of the 'Computational Nanotechnology' symposium for the 2006 International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Brisbane 2006
- Invited author, for a special issue on Nano-morphology in the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
Research
- Project Leader, in the Condensed Matter Theory Group
- Member of the RMIT Research Technology Advisory Group (RTAG) Committee
- CSIRO Flagship Fellow, Division of Energy Technology
- Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Division of Minerals
Teaching
- 4th year, PHYS2079 Honours Theory 2 (Many Body Theory)
- 3rd year, PHYS1095: Quantum and Statistical Physics (Quantum part)
- 2nd year, PHYS1077: Mechanics and Modern Physics (Modern part)
- 2nd year, PHYS2076: Quantum Mechanics and Radiation Physics (Quantum Part)
Community
- RMIT Representative, Victorian Partnership of Advanced Computing
- Member, Australian Institute of Physics Accreditation Committee
- PhD (Physics) RMIT, 1994
- B.Sc (Hons) (Melbourne University), 1983
- Tang, J.,Lambie, S.,Meftahi, N.,Christofferson, A.,Yang, J.,Ghasemian, M.,Han, J.,Allioux, F.,Rahim, M.,Mayyas, M.,Daeneke, T.,McConville, C.,Steenbergen, K.,Kaner, R.,Russo, S.,Gaston, N.,Kalantar Zadeh, K. (2021). Unique surface patterns emerging during solidification of liquid metal alloys In: Nature Nanotechnology, 16, 431 - 439
- Cyster, M.,Smith, J.,Vogt, N.,Opletal, G.,Russo, S.,Cole, J. (2021). Simulating the fabrication of aluminium oxide tunnel junctions In: npj Quantum Information, 7, 1 - 12
- Zavabeti, A.,Aukarasereenont, P.,Tuohey, H.,Syed, N.,Jannat, A.,Elbourne, A.,Messalea, K.,Zhang, B.,Murdoch, B.,Partridge, J.,Wurdack, M.,Creedon, D.,van Embden, J.,Kalantar Zadeh, K.,Russo, S.,McConville, C.,Daeneke, T. (2021). High-mobility p-type semiconducting two-dimensional ß-TeO2 In: Nature Electronics, 4, 277 - 283
- Belle, C.,Aksakalli, V.,Russo, S. (2021). A machine learning platform for the discovery of materials In: Journal of Cheminformatics, 13, 1 - 23
- Pham, L.,Russo, S. (2020). Energetic degeneracy and electronic structures of germanium trimers doped with titanium In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 153, 1 - 10
- Meftahi, N.,Manian, A.,Christofferson, A.,Lyskov, I.,Russo, S. (2020). A computational exploration of aggregation-induced excitonic quenching mechanisms for perylene diimide chromophores In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 153, 1 - 13
- Lyskov, I.,Anda, A.,Wong, Y.,Tilley, A.,Hall, C.,Thia, J.,Russo, S.,Wong, W.,Cole, J.,Smith, A. (2020). Bilirubin analogues as model compounds for exciton coupling In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 15567 - 15572
- Zhang, B.,Lyskov, I.,Wilson, L.,Sabatini, R.,Manian, A.,Soleimaninejad, H.,White, J.,Smith, T.,Lakhwani, G.,Jones, D.,Ghiggino, K.,Russo, S.,Wong, W. (2020). FRET-enhanced photoluminescence of perylene diimides by combining molecular aggregation and insulation In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8, 8953 - 8961
- Hughes, T.,Shaw, R.,Russo, S. (2020). Computational Investigations of Dispersion Interactions between Small Molecules and Graphene-like Flakes In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124, 9552 - 9561
- Meftahi, N.,Klymenko, M.,Christofferson, A.,Bach, U.,Winkler, D.,Russo, S. (2020). Machine learning property prediction for organic photovoltaic devices In: npj Computational Materials, 6, 1 - 8
- Sustaining and strengthening merit-based access at NCI (administered by Australian National University). Funded by: ARC Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) 2019 from (2019 to 2022)
- AB Initio / DFT Modelling to optimise performance in ballistic and blast protection. Funded by: Defence Science and Technology Group - Contract from (2018 to 2023)
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science (Administered by The University of Melbourne). Funded by: 009-ARC Centre of Excellence via other university 2017 from (2017 to 2023)
- A high-performance cloud resource for computational modelling - led by The University of Melbourne. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2017)
- Maintaining and enhancing merit-based access to the NCI National Facility - Administered by The Australian National University. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) 2016 from (2016 to 2018)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
13 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Quantum Modelling of Electronic and Optical properties, Development of Multi-scale Modelling techniques, Atomistic Modelling of zero, one and two Dimensional Nano-materials, Molecular Dynamics & Monte-Carlo Modelling