Associate professor: Zeila Zanolli
Utrecht University
Condensed Matter and Interfaces group
Email: z.zanolli@uu.nl
Project involvement
Theory of topological insulator/X interfaces, interfacial effects on band structure
Project Leader for affilated project with PhD student Arnold Kole
Topological Superconductivity from First-Principles
Project Leader for affilated project with PhD student Riccardo Reho
First-principles methods for superconducting and optical properties of quantum materials
Publications in QuMat
| The impact of valley profile on the mobility and Kerr rotation of transition metal dichalcogenides Thibault Sohier, Pedro M M C de Melo, Zeila Zanolli, Matthieu Jean Verstraete 2D Mater. 10, 25006 (2023) |
| High-throughput analysis of Fröhlich-type polaron models Pedro Miguel M. C. de Melo, Joao C. de Abreu, Bogdan Guster, Matteo Giantomassi, Zeila Zanolli, Xavier Gonze, Matthieu J. Verstraete npj Computational Materials 9, 147 (2023) |
| Carbynes connected to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as potential carriers of diffuse interstellar bands Zeila Zanolli; Osman Barış Malcıoğlu; Jean-Christophe Charlier Astronomy & Astrophysics 675, L9 (2023) |
| Independent and coherent transitions between antiferromagnetic states of few-molecule systems Claire Besson, Philipp Stegmann, Michael Schnee, Zeila Zanolli, Simona Achilli, Nils Wittemeier, Asmus Vierck, Robert Frielinghaus, Paul Kögerler, Janina Maultzsch, Pablo Ordejón, Claus M. Schneider, Alfred Hucht, Jürgen König, Carola Meyer Physical Review B 107, 245414 (2023) |
| A pre-time-zero spatiotemporal microscopy technique for the ultrasensitive determination of the thermal diffusivity of thin films Varghese S, Mehew J D, Block A, Reig D S, Woźniak P, Farris R, Zanolli Z, Ordejón P, Verstraete M J, Van Hulst N F, Tielrooij K-J Review of Scientific Instruments 94(3), 34903 (2023) |
| Electrical control of spin-polarized topological currents in monolayer WTe2 Jose H. Garcia, Jinxuan You, Mónica García-Mota, Peter Koval, Pablo Ordejón, Ramón Cuadrado, Matthieu J. Verstraete, Zeila Zanolli, Stephan Roche Phys. Rev. B 106, L161410 (2022) |
| Tuning the topological band gap of bismuthene with silicon-based substrates Pablo Ordejón Nils Wittemeier and Zeila Zanolli Journal of Physics: Materials 5, 3 (2022) |
Short Biography
Zeila Zanolli focuses on the first principles simulation of quantum materials, covering electronic, magnetic, transport and many-body exciton physics. She demonstrated that magnetism and topological features can be controlled by proximity interaction at interfaces. Her team develops and uses real-time dynamics of many-body excitations to predict spin decoherence mechanisms. She was a recipient of a Ramon y Cajal (2017) and Marie Curie IEF (2012) fellowships. She was elected fellow (2017) and board member (treasurer 2018) of the Young Academy of Europe, and steering committee member of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (2018).