Dario Alfè, Ph.D.

Alfè is a condensed matter physicist who develops and applies first-principle computational tools to study high-pressure and high-temperature properties of materials, mainly in the context of planetary interiors. Born and raised in Napoli, Italy, he received his Ph.D. from SISSA in Trieste, Italy. After post-doctoral stints at Keele University in England and University College London, in 2006, he joined the faculty of University College London. Since 2018, he has also been a faculty member of the Università di Napoli Federico II in Italy.