(Oct 23, 2025)
One of our former postdocs at the Center for Materials Theory, Nicola Marzari, was recently appointed to the Chair of James Clerk Maxwell - the Cavendish chair in England that has been held by famous folks such as Ernest Rutherford, JJ Thompson and Neville Mott. This is a post and an honor at the highst level of distinction and Rutgers was a key part of the story.
Marzari was a center postdoc working with David Vanderbilt in the early days of the center, around 1997-2001, and five of his seven most cited works
were all carried out at Rutgers, particularly their work on the Wannier 90 code that has revolutionized quantum materials theory.