Welcome to the ANGSTROM group. The Ab initio Nanoscience Group for Simulation and Theoretical Research On Materials is located in the Chemistry Department of the University of California, Davis and it is headed by Prof. Giulia Galli. We develop and use theoretical and computational tools to understand and predict the properties and behavior of materials (solids, liquids and nanostructures) at the microscopic scale.



News and Highlights

  • Congratulations to Dr. Cui Zhang and Dr. Yuping He who graduated in December, 2011. [Angstrom Celebration]
    Cui Zhang's dissertation is entitled: "Structural and Vibrational Properties of Liquid Water and Aqueous Solutions from First Principles Molecular Dynamics"
    Yuping He's dissertation is entitled: "Theoretical Study of Heat Transport in Si-based Ordered, Disordered and Nanostructured Bulk Materials"


  • First workshop of the "Physics and Chemistry of Deep Carbon" directorate of the DCO will be held at the alumni center of the University of California, Davis on March 29-31, 2012.


  • UCD-LLNL joint quantum simulations workshop on Oct.20-21, 2011. [link] [group picture]


  • New Initiatives