Ciprian Pruteanu

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Dr. C. G. Pruteanu

Position: Lecturer in Extreme Conditions Physics
Category: Academic staff
Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB)
Room 1608

Email: cip.pruteanu [at] ed.ac.uk
Twitter: @CipPruteanu
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School research affiliations

Ciprian is a member of the following School research institute and research areas:

Research institute

Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems

Research areas

Biography

Biography

Lecturer in Extreme Conditions Physics, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh: Apr 2023
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh: Jan 2021 – Mar 2023.
Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London: Oct 2019 – Dec 2020.
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London: Oct 2017 - 2019.
Visiting Scientist at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Trieste – Nov 2017.
Visiting Fellow at the Geochemical Research Centre, University of Tokyo: Apr 2016 – Jul 2016.
PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Edinburgh, UK. Thesis title: ‘Mixtures of methane and water under extreme conditions’ : 2013-2017.
BSc Physics, University of Edinburgh, UK: 2010-2013

PhD project opportunities

Ciprian currently offers the following PhD project opportunities:

Is high pressure the end of hydrophobicity?

Recent news

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Publications

Recent publications

AIASSE—Ab initio augmented structure solving engine DOI
Ayobami Daramola, Graeme J. Ackland and Ciprian G. Pruteanu, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 163, 6, p. 1-27 (2025)
Subcritical Determination of the Frenkel Line in Liquid Nitrogen, the Emergent Final Picture, and a Universal Equation for the Coordination Number of Real Fluids DOI
Ciprian G. Pruteanu, Ayobami D. Daramola, Marcin Kirsz, Cerian E. A. Robertson, Luke J. Jones, Tianrui Wang, John S. Loveday, Graeme J. Ackland, Oliver L. G. Alderman and John E. Proctor, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 129, 13, p. 3420-3427 (2025)
An Accurate Machine-Learned Potential for Krypton under Extreme Conditions DOI
Asuka J. Iwasaki, Marcin Kirsz, Ciprian G. Pruteanu and Graeme J. Ackland, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16, 6, p. 1559-1566 (2025)
Understanding solid nitrogen through molecular dynamics simulations with a machine-learning potential DOI
Marcin Kirsz, Ciprian G. Pruteanu, Peter I. C. Cooke and Graeme J. Ackland, Physical Review B, 110, 18, p. 1-14 (2024)
Can the AMOEBA forcefield be used for high pressure simulations? The extreme case of methane and water DOI
Matthew Kerr, Graeme J. Ackland, Davide Marenduzzo, Giovanni B. Brandani and Ciprian G. Pruteanu, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 161, 5, p. 1-9 (2024)

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This article was last updated on Oct 12, 2023.