Francesco Mereto

Francesco Mereto is a PhD student developing new theoretical and computational approaches for surface chemistry, with a particular focus on excited states, electronic structure, and quantum many-body effects at materials interfaces.

PhD Research

Started: June 2026

Office: 3.58, 14-16 Kolingasse, Faculty of Physics

Francesco’s research focuses on advancing methods for the accurate description of electronic structure in realistic chemical and materials systems. His work explores reduced-complexity electronic structure frameworks, including quantum embedding and effective Hamiltonian approaches, for describing excited states and correlated electronic phenomena in extended systems.

Research Approach

Pending

Background

Francesco completed his undergraduate and master’s studies in physics at RWTH Aachen, focusing on solid-state physics. His master’s thesis centered on virtual orbital space compression via Davidson-based techniques, reducing computational cost for MP2 and coupled-cluster calculations. During his studies, he completed an Erasmus+ study stay at University of Valencia and carried out his master’s thesis at the Technical University of Vienna.