Shuxia Tao

With a background in Physical Chemistry from Nankai University in China, Shuxia Tao began her PhD program in 2007 at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at TU/e. There, she delved into the realm of Computational Materials Science and completed her PhD in 2011 with a thesis focused on hydrogen storage in metal hydrides for battery applications. Following a brief career break to care for her children, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the NWO physics institute NIKHEF from 2013 to 2016, concentrating on computational materials design for photodetectors.

Since 2016, she has been leading the Computational Materials Physics Group within the Department of Applied Physics at TU/e. In 2018, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor, and in 2023, she attained the position of Associate Professor. Supported by several personal grants, including the CSER tenure track grant in 2016, NWO START-UP grant in 2019, and NWO VIDI grant in 2022, her group is dedicated to the development of atomistic and multiscale computational methods for the design of novel energy materials and optoelectronic materials.

At present, her group has two primary areas of focus: the multiscale molecular modeling of the growth of novel semiconductors and the exploration of the theory of light-matter interactions. The ultimate objective is to enhance the quality of these materials through optimized synthetic chemistry and maximize their efficiency in converting and storing energy and information. Her group is an part of Materials Simulation & Modelling (MSM) and holds membership in the Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), and the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute (EHCI).