Dr Alan Lewis
Lecturer

Profile

Biography

I studied for my MChem and D.Phil at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2017. I then spent two years working at the University of Chicago, followed by three years at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg. I joined the University of York as a Lecturer in 2023, and teach both undergraduate chemistry, focussing primarily on Physical Chemistry, and the interdisciplinary Data Science MSc.

Research interests

I am interested in using machine learning to accelerate, interpret, and improve electronic structure simulations. My research ranges from predicting fundamental quantities, such as the electron density, to interpreting experimental data, such as photoelectron spectra. I also develop computational chemistry software, including the SALTED machine learning package and FHI-aims electronic structure code.