Rate My Professor Paolo Raiteri

Professor Paolo Raiteri is Professor of Computational Chemistry in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University. He earned his BSc (Honours)/MSc in Materials Science from 1994 to 1999 and PhD in Materials Science from 1999 to 2003 at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Raiteri's career at Curtin University began as Targeted Research Fellow in 2008, with subsequent appointments leading to his current professorship, documented since 2019. He also held a post-doctoral position from 2004 to 2007.

Raiteri specializes in atomistic simulations, free energy calculations, and molecular dynamics simulations applied to chemistry, materials science, mineralogy, and geochemistry. His research elucidates mechanisms at mineral-water interfaces, crystal growth and dissolution, proton diffusion, and ion association in solutions. Notable publications include 'Reactive force field simulation of proton diffusion in BaZrO3 using an empirical valence bond approach' (2011), 'Uncovering the Atomistic Mechanism for Calcite Step Growth' (2017), 'Simulation of Calcium Phosphate Prenucleation Clusters' (2015), 'Reconstruction of the {101¯4} Calcite Surface: When, How, and Why?' (2015), 'Molecular dynamics simulations of liquid–liquid interfaces' (2020), and 'Solubility-consistent force field simulations for aqueous metal ions' (2023). According to Google Scholar, his work has garnered 11,757 citations, an h-index of 48, and i10-index of 103. Raiteri has received Australian Research Council funding, including Future Fellowship FT130100463 and Discovery Projects DP0986999 and DP140101776. He supervises computational research projects and contributes to the Curtin Institute for Computation and The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR).