Education
PhD in materials science and engineering, ETH Zurich (2003)
MSc (Diploma) in chemistry, ETH Zurich (2000)
BSc (Prediploma) in chemistry, University of Heidelberg (1997)
Awards
- 2018 Outstanding Mentor Award (CU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs)
- 2018 National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award
- 2016 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
- 2016 Sandmeyer Award (Swiss Chemical Society)
- 2014 Guest Professor at International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), Tsukuba, Japan
- 2013 Max Hey Medal (Mineralogical Society of UK and Ireland)
- 2011 George Brown Lectureship (Mineralogical Society, at Euroclay 2011)
- 2011 Guest Professor at ETH Zurich (2011)
- 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- 2009 Giovanni Novelli Prize (Italian Clay Group, at 14th Int. Clay Conf.)
- 2006 HP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (ACS, COMP Division)
- 2005 Member of “AFOSR Star Team”
- 2001-2003 Graduate Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
- 1995-2000 Undergraduate Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
- 1994 Silver Medal, International Chemistry Olympiad
Research Interests
- Computer simulation of inorganic-(bio)organic interfaces and biomineralization
- Design of catalysts and functional materials
- Development of force fields for the prediction of multiphase material properties
- Hierarchical simulation of building materials and multiscale mechanics
- Structure-property relationships in polymer nanocomposites
Selected Publications
- “Long-Range Hierarchical Nanocrystal Assembly Driven by Molecular Structural Transformation”
Zhu, E.; Wang, S.; Yan, X.; Sobani, M.; Ruan, L.; Wang, C.; Liu, Y.; Duan, X.; Heinz, H.; Huang, Y.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, published online. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08023
- “Atomic-Scale Structure and Stress Release Mechanism in Core-Shell Nanoparticles”
Nathanson, M.; Kanhaiya, K.; Pryor, Jr., A.; Miao, J.; Heinz, H.
ACS Nano 2018, published online. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06118
- “Building Two-Dimensional Materials One Row at a Time: Avoiding the Nucleation Barrier”
Chen, J.; Zhu, E.; Liu, J.; Zhang, S.; Lin, Z.; Duan, X.; Heinz, H.; Huang, Y.; De Yoreo, J. J.
Science 2018, 362, 1135-1139. DOI: 10.1126/science.aau4146
- “Instantaneous Insight into Induced Charges at Metal Surfaces, Aqueous, and Biological Interfaces Using a Polarizable Lennard-Jones Potential”
Lorenzo Geada, I.; Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Sulpizi, M.; Heinz, H.
Nat. Comm. 2018, 9, 716. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03137-8
- “Carbon Nanotube Dispersion in Solvents and Polymer Solutions: Mechanisms, Assembly, and Preferences”
Pramanik, C.; Gissinger, J. R.; Kumar, S.; Heinz, H.
ACS Nano 2017, 11, 12805-12816. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b07684
- “Simulations of Inorganic-Bioorganic Interfaces and Comparisons to Experiment to Discover New Materials: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities”
Heinz, H.; Ramezani-Dakhel, H.
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016, 45, 412-448. DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00890E
- “Elucidation of Peptide-Directed Palladium Surface Structure for Biologically-Tunable Nanocatalysts”
Bedford, N. M.; Ramezani-Dakhel, H. (GS); Slocik, J. M.; Briggs, B. D.; Ren, Y.; Frenkel, A. I.; Petkov, V.; Heinz, H.; Naik, R. R.; Knecht, M. R.
ACS Nano 2015, 9, 5082-5092. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00168
- “Molecular Mechanism of Specific Recognition of Cubic Pt Nanocrystals by Peptides and of the Concentration-Dependent Formation from Seed Crystals”
Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Ruan, L.; Huang, Y.; Heinz, H.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 1374-1384. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201404136 (IF 13)
- ”Three-Dimensional Positions of Individual Atoms in Materials Revealed by Electron Tomography”
Xu, R.; Chen, C. C.; Wu, L.; Scott, M. C.; Theis, W.; Ophus, C.; Bartels, M.; Yang, Y.; Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Sawaya, M. R.; Heinz, H.; Marks, L. D.; Ercius, P.; Miao, J.
Nat. Mater. 2015, 14, 1099-1103. DOI: 10.1038/nmat4426
- “Force Field and a Surface Model Database for Silica to Simulate Interfacial Properties in Atomic Resolution”
Emami, F. S.; Puddu, V.; Berry, R. J.; Varshney, V.; Patwardhan, S. V.; Perry, C. C.; Heinz, H.
Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 2647-2658. DOI: 10.1021/cm500365c