Sadegh received his PhD in Physics from the Dresden University of Technology in 2022. His areas of expertise is condensed matter physics and computational materials science with a particular focus on atomistic simulations of irradiation-induced phenomena in low-dimensional materials using classical and ab-initio molecular dynamics. He has also studied polymorphic phase transitions in 2D nano-spaces, layered metal-organic frameworks for dense sodium storage, and electronic and structural properties of 2D materials using density functional theory. He joined the group of Prof. Elena Besley at the University of Nottingham in 2021, where he investigates computationally nanocluster dynamics and formation by magnetron sputtering.

• Computational modelling of nanocluster dynamics and formation by magnetron sputtering.
• Simulation of ion-metal interactions, i.e. the sputtering process of metal targets under ion irradiation.
• Vapor (i.e. sputtered metal particles) dynamics and in-flight metal atoms collisions.
• Investigation of metal atom and cluster deposition onto various support materials.