Dr Adam Michalchuk MChem, PhD

Dr Adam Michalchuk

School of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry

Contact details

Email
a.a.l.michalchuk@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Chemistry
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Adam is an Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry in the School of Chemistry.

Adam leads an interdisciplinary research team with the aim of understanding how to control chemical reactivity (usually in the solid state) using mechanical force. This includes using and developing atomistic simulation tools to understand mechanochemical reactivity, and a focus on studying mechanochemistry experimentally using international synchrotron and neutron facilities.

Qualifications

  • PhD Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, 2019
  • MChem in Materials Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, 2014

Biography

Originally from Canada鈥檚 west coast, Adam moved to Scotland where he obtained his MChem (1st Class, Materials Chemistry) from the University of Edinburgh in 2014.

Adam then pursued his PhD research split between the University of Edinburgh, UK (with Prof Carole Morrison and Prof Colin Pulham) and Novosibirsk State University, Russia (with Prof Elena Boldyreva), completing his studies in late 2018. At the University of Edinburgh his research combined neutron spectroscopy and ab initio simulation to study the structural dynamics of molecular solids, complemented by experimental solid-state research at Novosibirsk State University.

Following this, Adam moved to Berlin, Germany as a postdoctoral researcher with Dr Franziska Emmerling at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). Here his research focused on developing synchrotron-based diffraction and spectroscopic methods to study solid-state reactions in situ. Adam was simultaneously a guest scientist at the Free University Berlin in the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry hosted by Prof Beate Paulus. He was promoted to Senior Scientist at the BAM in 2021.

In October 2022 Adam moved to the University 麻豆精选 as an Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry.

Research

Our research focuses on understanding the atomistic origins of mechanically driven transformations in and between solids.

Our research consists of active programmes in both computational and experimental solid-state chemistry, spanning a broad range of topics including:

  • Lattice dynamics
  • High pressure chemistry
  • Mechanochemical processes
  • Energetic materials
  • Synchrotron and neutron methods for in situ investigations

Other activities

Associate Editor for Solid State Chemistry, Frontiers in Chemistry

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Linberg, K, Sander, PC, Emmerling, F & Michalchuk, AAL 2024, '', RSC Mechanochemistry.

Casali, L, Carta, M, Michalchuk, AAL, Delogu, F & Emmerling, F 2024, '', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Michalchuk, AAL 2024, '', Chemical Communications.

Christopher, I, Liu, X, Lloyd, HJ, Bull, CL, Funnell, NP, Portius, P, Michalchuk, AAL, Kennedy, SR, Pulham, CR & Morrison, C 2024, '', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Bhattacharya, B, Michalchuk, AAL, Silbernagl, D, Yasuda, N, Feiler, T, Sturm, H & Emmerling, F 2023, '', Chemical Science, vol. 14, no. 13, pp. 3441-3450.

Atceken, N, Hemingway, J, Bull, CL, Liu, X, Michalchuk, AAL, Konar, S, Morrison, C & Pulham, CR 2023, '', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Christopher, IL, Pulham, C, Michalchuk, AAL & Morrison, CA 2023, '', Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 158, 124115.

Feiler, T, Yasuda, N, Michalchuk, AAL, Emmerling, F & Bhattacharya, B 2023, '', Crystal Growth and Design, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 6244-6249.

Ghiringhelli, LM, Baldauf, C, Bereau, T, Brockhauser, S, Carbogno, C, Chamanara, J, Cozzini, S, Curtarolo, S, Draxl, C, Dwaraknath, S, Fekete, 脕, Kermode, J, Koch, CT, K眉hbach, M, Ladines, AN, Lambrix, P, Himmer, M, Levchenko, SV, Oliveira, M, Michalchuk, A, Miller, RE, Onat, B, Pavone, P, Pizzi, G, Regler, B, Rignanese, G, Schaarschmidt, J, Scheidgen, M, Schneidewind, A, Sheveleva, T, Su, C, Usvyat, D, Valsson, O, W枚ll, C & Scheffler, M 2023, '', Scientific Data, vol. 10, no. 1, 626.

Chapter

Emmerling, F & Michalchuk, AA 2025, . in Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. 1st edn, Elsevier.

Comment/debate

Belenguer, AM & Michalchuk, AAL 2023, '', Chem, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1076-1079.

Angerhofer, A, Auvray, T, Balema, V, Bal谩啪, M, Batteas, JD, Blair, RG, Boldyreva, E, Bolm, C, Borchardt, L, Borchers, TH, Braunschweig, AB, Browne, DL, Carpick, RW, Ciaccia, M, Craig, S, Emmerling, F, Ferguson, M, Fiore, C, Fri拧膷i膰, T, Gr盲tz, S, Halasz, I, Hamzehpoor, E, Ito, H, James, S, Kim, JG, Lamaty, F, Lampronti, GI, Laurencin, D, Leitch, J, Lu, E, Lukin, S, Mack, J, Maini, L, Martini, A, Mazzeo, PP, Michalchuk, AAL, Mittelette, S, Mohamed, S, Moores, A, Mortera-Carbonell, ADJ, Nagapudi, K, Niidu, A, Puccetti, F, Stahorsk媒, M & Vugrin, L 2023, '', Faraday Discussions, vol. 241, pp. 306-340.

Editorial

Michalchuk, AAL & Delogu, F 2024, '', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 26, no. 43, pp. 27245-27247.

Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Michalchuk, AAL & Boldyreva, EV 2024, . in Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. 1st edn, Elsevier.

Review article

Senna, M & Michalchuk, AAL 2025, '', RSC Mechanochemistry.