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Prof. Darvishi Kamachali has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)

Prof. Darvishi Kamachali of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Department of Materials Engineering, and the Institute of Materials Physics at the University of Münster, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), one of Europe’s most prestigious funding schemes for excellent researchers. The decision highlights the scientific significance of his work in the field of materials modelling. The project “AMASE” on the behaviour and evolution of advanced high-performance materials receives funding of €2 million and is funded over five years.

Within the framework of “Assessing Microstructure Phase Maps (AMASE)” Prof. Darvishi Kamachali will develop new methods for the consistent calculation of the thermodynamics and kinetics of material defects. AMASE pursues an ambitious yet precisely-defined goal: to predict how defects in real materials rearrange, interact with and stabilize each other, and how their “landscape” influences the performance limits, service life, and safe application of advanced materials.

“Being able to predict such defects drastically shortens development times in materials research, particularly for demanding applications in the automotive, battery, and aerospace industries,” says Prof. Darvishi Kamachali, who in addition to his role at BAM also holds the Chair of Materials Modelling at the Institute of Materials Physics at the University of Münster. “In this way, AMASE drives a digitally accelerated innovation cycle for high-performance materials and enables safer, longer-lasting, and more reliable components for demanding applications.”