Ashkan Salamat
Biography
Ashkan Salamat is an assistant professor of physics at the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Salamat is also a part of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s High Pressure Science and Engineering Center, a multidisciplinary group that explores fundamental experimental, computational, and engineering problems of materials under high pressure.
Salamat’s research focuses on identifying the precise makeup of metal superhydrides – extremely hydrogen-rich materials – and techniques to readily synthesize them. Prior to joining 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, Salamat was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, researching warm dense hydrogen. In 2019, Salamat was one of just 46 university professors nationwide – and the first from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ â€“ to earn an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
Salamat currently manages the Salamat Lab at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, exploring the high energy density landscape of light elemental (H-C-N-O) systems and their related compounds, which are relevant for Fundamental and Applied sciences.
Education
- Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University College London, UK
- M.Sci, Chemistry, Imperial College, UK
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