Matthias Scheffler is director at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. His research focuses on the developments and use of electronic-structure theory to understand the fundamental aspects of physical and chemical properties of surfaces, interfaces, clusters, nanostruc­tures, and bulk materials. In recent years he has made crucial contributions to advance the field of computational materials science, with a specific focus on big-data analytics. He is coordinating the European Center of Excellence for Novel Materials Discovery (NOMAD) which maintains the largest repository for computational materials science data and a materials encyclopedia. NOMAD also offers big-data tools in order to advance materials science and engineering.

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