Professor of Materials Physics
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK
Education
2011-2015, University of Cambridge, PhD in physics
2007-2011, Imperial College London, MSci in physics
Employment
2023-present, Professor, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge
2020-2023, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge
2015-2019, Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory and Robinson College, University of Cambridge
2024-2027, Visiting Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
2015-2017, Postdoc, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
Research interests
Computational materials discovery, electronic structure theory, materials for energy applications, and materials modelling.
Awards and Honors
The scientific contributions of Prof. Monserrat have been recognized with multiple awards, highlighting the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Physics, the Maxwell Medal and Prize, and the 2020 Physics World Top 10 Breakthroughs of the year.
Top 10 publications
1. B Peng, GF Lange, D Bennett, K Wang, RJ Slager, B Monserrat. Photoinduced electronic and spin topological phase transitions in monolayer bismuth, Physical Review Letters, 2024, 132 (11), 116601
2. SW Kim, LJ Conway, CJ Pickard, GL Pascut, B Monserrat. Microscopic theory of colour in lutetium hydride, Nature Communications, 2023, 14 (1), 7360
3. Z Lin, Y Liu, Z Wang, S Xu, S Chen, W Duan, B Monserrat. Phonon-Limited Valley Polarization in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides, Physical Review Letters, 2022, 129 (2), 027401
4. B Peng, A Bouhon, B Monserrat, RJ Slager. Phonons as a platform for non-Abelian braiding and its manifestation in layered silicates, Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), 423
5. B Monserrat, JG Brandenburg, EA Engel, B Cheng. Liquid water contains the building blocks of diverse ice phases, Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), 5757
6. B Monserrat, ND Drummond, P Dalladay-Simpson, RT Howie, PL Ríos, E Gregoryanz, CJ Pickard, RJ Needs. Structure and metallicity of phase V of hydrogen, Physical Review Letters, 2018, 120 (25), 255701
7. B Monserrat. Vibrational averages along thermal lines, Physical Review B, 2016, 93 (1), 014302
8. B Monserrat, D Vanderbilt. Temperature effects in the band structure of topological insulators, Physical Review Letters, 2016, 117 (22), 226801
9. JH Lloyd-Williams, B Monserrat. Lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling calculations using nondiagonal supercells, Physical Review B, 2015, 92 (18), 184301
10. B Monserrat, ND Drummond, RJ Needs. Anharmonic vibrational properties in periodic systems: energy, electron-phonon coupling, and stress, Physical Review B, 2013, 87 (14), 144302