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SUMMARY:ICFO | ANGEL RUBIO
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DESCRIPTION:PROFILE:\nAngel Rubio is the Director of the Theory Department 
 of the Max Plank Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter at Hamburg
  where his research focuses on the modeling and theory of electronic and s
 tructural properties of condensed matter. His group works on developing no
 vel theoretical tools\, such as time-dependent functional theory for quant
 um electrodynamics and computational codes for the ab initio description a
 nd control of the dynamics of decoherence and dissipation in quantum many-
 body systems\, and on characterizing new nonequilibrium states of matter. 
 His work&nbsp\; has been recognized by several awards\, including the 2018
  Max Born medal and prize\, 2016 Medal of the Spanish Royal Physical Socie
 ty\, the 2014 Premio Rey Jaime I for basic research\, the 2006 DuPont Priz
 e in nanotechnology\, the 2005 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of 
 the Humboldt Foundation\, and two European Research Council advanced grant
 s (2011 and 2016). He is a fellow of the American Physical Society\, the E
 uropean Physical Society\,&nbsp\; the American Association for the Advance
 ment of Science\, the European Academy of Sciences\, the Academia Europaea
 \, and a foreign associate member of the National Academy of Sciences.\nAB
 STRACT:\nOne of the principal challenges in computational physics is to fo
 rmulate an accurate yet computationally viable theory that can address non
 -equilibrium light-driven phenomena in molecules and quantum materials. Ad
 ditionally\, there is a need to simulate spatially and temporally resolved
  spectroscopies\, ultrafast events\, and newly emerging states of matter. 
 In pursuit of this goal\, TDDFT has emerged as the cutting-edge ab initio 
 theoretical framework\, enabling reliable and precise simulations of light
 -induced alterations in the physical and chemical characteristics of intri
 cate systems. In this context\, I will also introduce the recently develop
 ed framework of Quantum Electrodynamics Density-Functional Formalism (QEDF
 T). This framework offers a first-principles approach to predict\, charact
 erize\, and manipulate the spontaneous emergence of ordered phases in stro
 ngly interacting light-matter hybrids\, referred to as polaritons These ph
 ases manifest both as ground states\, resulting in novel states of matter\
 , as well as metastable states. Noteworthy examples include photon-mediate
 d superconductivity\, cavity fractional quantum Hall physics\, and optical
 ly driven topological phenomena in low dimensions. This exploration brings
  to light a burgeoning field\, which we term \"Cavity Materials Engineerin
 g\" or the science of strongly correlated electron-photon interactions. We
  will conclude with the great challenges ahead in this captivating field o
 f research.\nHosted by Prof. Dr. Jens Biegert
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