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He is also Head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dphyms.uni.lu\/\">Department of Physics and Materials Science<\/a> and Head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/research-groups\/theoretical-chemical-physics\/\">Theoretical Chemical Physics<\/a> group.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"research\"\n    >\nResearch<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>His research pushes the boundaries of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and machine learning to develop efficient methods to enable accurate modeling and new insights into complex materials. 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He has also received five flagship grants from the European Research Council (ERC): a Starting Grant in 2011, a Consolidator Grant in 2017 (BeStMo), a Proof of Concept Grant in 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/new-erc-grant-to-develop-novel-chemical-discovery-platform\/\">Chemical Space Machine<\/a>), an Advanced Grant in 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/erc-advanced-grant-on-quantum-materials-for-prof-alexandre-tkatchenko\/\">FITMOL<\/a>), a Proof of Concept Grant in 2023 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/erc-grant-for-prof-tkatchenko-to-speed-up-drug-development-with-ai\/\">MACHINE-DRUG<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"work-experience\"\n    >\nWork experience<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>Between 2008 and 2010, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. 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