Dr. Zeila Zanolli
Associate professor

Utrecht University
Condensed Matter and Interfaces group
Contribution within QuMat:
Theory and design; Pillar 1, 3, 4.
Pillar 1 co-leader
Short CV
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).
Project involvement
Project Leader – QuMat.1-UU-1.1A
Bi-ene/X Interfaces and their effects
Co-supervisor – QuMat.1-RU-1.2A
Interfacial structure and its effects on the electronic band structure
QuMat Papers
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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, and Stephan Roche |
Tuning the topological band gap of bismuthene with silicon-based substrates Nils Wittemeier, Pablo Ordejón and Zeila Zanolli |
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 and Matthieu Jean Verstraete |