Professor Peter Haynes FREng

Professor of Theory & Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London

Peter Haynes is known internationally for his accomplishments in software engineering for materials modelling applications, in particular for the development of new computational tools for large-scale first-principles quantum-mechanical simulations. These have been recognised within academia and industry, notably through his leading role in the development of the ONETEP code that is marketed commercially by Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA. He is currently Head of the Department of Materials in the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London and Chair of the worldwide Psi-k Network of researchers working on the advancement of first-principles computational materials science.