Catherine Stampfl Explained

Catherine Stampfl
Birth Name:	Catherine Margaret Stampfl
Fields:	Physics
Alma Mater:	La Trobe University
Thesis Title:	A one-step model of photoemission based on a multi-slice LEED formalism
Thesis Year:	1990

Catherine Stampfl is a professor of physics at the University of Sydney and was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2019.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Stampfl received a PhD in physics from La Trobe University in 1990.^[3] She then moved to the United States where she worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany. Before her return to Australia in 2003 she worked at Northwestern University.^[4] She then settled in Sydney and had two children, Eva and Elke. Catherine Stampfl works in interdisciplinary research across physics, engineering, chemistry and materials science. Stampfl has an international reputation for her research on the atomic and electronic structure of solids and nanostructures. She works at the University of Sydney Nano-institute, as a theoretical condensed matter physicist.^{[5] [6]}

Stampfl works to predict new catalysts and new materials including those that could convert carbon dioxide into other fuels, as well as researching chemical reactions at surfaces.^[7]

Her work involves high-performance computing and first-principles calculations to develop an understanding of how matter behaves. She also works to predict new and improved materials for enhanced technology.

Of her work, she remarks "we are a bit like explorers. We try new things and we see what the calculated properties are... sometimes you will find something that has high potential".

She is noted as a woman "in theoretical/computational chemistry, material science, and biochemistry".^[8]

Select publications

• C Stampfl, CG Van de Walle (1999) Density-functional calculations for III-V nitrides using the local-density approximation and the generalized gradient approximation Physical Review B:59(8),5521.
• C Stampfl, W Mannstadt, R Asahi, AJ (2001) Freeman Electronic structure and physical properties of early transition metal mononitrides: Density-functional theory LDA, GGA, and screened-exchange LDA FLAPW calculations. Physical Review B:63(15)155106
• M Bonn, S Funk, C Hess, DN Denzler, C Stampfl, et al. (1999) Phonon-versus electron-mediated desorption and oxidation of CO on Ru (0001)
• Science 285 (5430), 1042–1045.
• C Stampfl, CG Van de Walle (1998) Energetics and electronic structure of stacking faults in AlN, GaN, and InN. Physical Review B 57 (24), R15052

Stampfl has an H-index of 50, and over 9,200 citations as at September 2019.^[9]

Awards, honours and recognition

• 2023 — Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship^[10]
• 2021 — Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales^[11]
• 2019 — Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
• 2018 — Deputy Champion of the team Nanotechnology for Carbon-Neutral Manufacturing, in the Sydney Nano Grand Challenge^[12]
• 2003 — ARC Federation Fellow at the University of Sydney^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edutainment. Materials Theory Group. en. 2019-09-21.
2. Web site: Australia's top scientists elected as Fellows of the Academy. SCIMEX. Scimex. 27 May 2019 . en. live. 2019-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921012851/https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/australias-top-scientists-elected-as-fellows-of-the-academy . 2019-09-21 .
3. A one-step model of photoemission based on a multi-slice LEED formalism. 1990. Thesis. English. Catherine Margaret. Stampfl.
4. Web site: Research Supervisor Profile for Professor Catherine Stampfl - Research Supervisor Connect - University of Sydney, Australia. sydney.edu.au. 2019-09-25.
5. Web site: Professor Catherine Stampfl Australian Academy of Science. www.science.org.au. 2019-09-21.
6. Web site: Condensed Matter Theory Group, the University of Sydney. www.physics.usyd.edu.au. 2019-09-21.
7. Web site: Canadian reciprocal rights for AIP members; Australian Academy of Science Awardees, the unraveling Great Red Spot; and more physics in June Australian Institute of Physics. en-US. 2019-09-21.
8. Web site: Women in theoretical/computational chemistry, material science, and biochemistry. iopenshell.usc.edu. 2019-09-21.
9. Web site: Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Stampfl, C.). www2.scopus.com. 2019-09-21.
10. Web site: 2023 Laureate Profile: Professor Catherine Stampfl – 2023 Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship . 2023-07-04 . Australian Research Council.
11. Web site: 1292nd Ordinary General Meeting. live. 2021-08-12. The Royal Society of New South Wales. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812034048/https://www.royalsoc.org.au/images/easyblog_docs/RSN_1292_OGM_Agenda_7_April_2021_v2.pdf . 2021-08-12 .
12. Web site: Jun has won the Grand Challenge Project of the University of Sydney Nano Institute. huang-group. 19 October 2018 . en. 2019-09-21.
13. Web site: Condensed Matter Theory Group, the University of Sydney. www.physics.usyd.edu.au. 2019-09-21.