Rodrigo Freitas

Rodrigo's research focuses on the study of the thermodynamics and kinetics of materials, including extended defects in metals (such as dislocations, grain boundaries, and surface steps), kinetics of shock-compressed silica, and the chemistry of hydrocarbons. He employs a range of computational techniques in his research, including atomistic simulation methods (molecular dynamics and free-energy calculations), quantum mechanical calculations (density functional theory and path-integral/ring-polymer molecular dynamics), and machine learning tools.