2026 Chris G. Van de Walle: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	129	350	333	135	122	731	78948

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the theory of semiconductor interfaces and its impact on optoelectronic devices.
2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory of interfaces, doping and defects in semiconductors
2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
2002 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
1997 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovative contributions to the theoretical understanding of interfaces, defects, and impurities in semiconductors through the application of firstprinciples calculations

Overview

Chris G. Van de Walle is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields in materials science and engineering, focusing extensively on semiconductor materials and their properties.

The main fields of study for Van de Walle include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Their work delves into subfields such as:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Van de Walle's primary research topics cover various materials and semiconductor devices, including:

Ga2O3 and related materials
Semiconductor materials and devices
ZnO doping and properties
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

Frequent publication venues for Van de Walle include:

Physical Review B
arXiv (Cornell University)
Applied Physics Letters
Journal of Applied Physics
Physical Review Materials

Van de Walle has contributed to numerous research papers, with some of the recent publications being:

Nonrad: Computing nonradiative capture coefficients from first principles, 2021, Computer Physics Communications
Minimizing hydrogen vacancies to enable highly efficient hybrid perovskites, 2021, Nature Materials
Iodine interstitials as a cause of nonradiative recombination in hybrid perovskites, 2020, Physical Review B
Correctly Assessing Defect Tolerance in Halide Perovskites, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
First-principles surface energies for monoclinic Ga2O3 and Al2O3 and consequences for cracking of (AlxGa1−x)2O3, 2020, APL Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Van de Walle include:

Mark E. Turiansky
Sai Mu
Audrius Alkauskas
Xie Zhang
Jimmy-Xuan Shen

Throughout their career, Van de Walle has received several awards and recognitions, such as:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2016) for contributions to the theory of semiconductor interfaces and its impact on optoelectronic devices
IEEE Fellow (2012) for work on the theory of interfaces, doping, and defects in semiconductors
Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2010)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society (2002)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1997) with citation for contributions to the theoretical understanding of interfaces, defects, and impurities in semiconductors using first-principles calculations

Best Publications

Fundamentals of zinc oxide as a semiconductor

Anderson Janotti;Chris G Van de Walle

4524
Citations
First-principles calculations for defects and impurities: Applications to III-nitrides

Chris G. Van de Walle;Jörg Neugebauer

3604
Citations
Native point defects in ZnO

Anderson Janotti;Chris G. Van de Walle

3392
Citations
First-principles calculations for point defects in solids

Christoph Freysoldt;Blazej Grabowski;Tilmann Hickel;Jörg Neugebauer

2955
Citations
First-principles study of native point defects in ZnO

A. F. Kohan;G. Ceder;D. Morgan;Chris G. Van de Walle

2226
Citations
Oxygen vacancies in ZnO

Anderson Janotti;Chris G. Van de Walle

2001
Citations
Theoretical calculations of heterojunction discontinuities in the Si/Ge system.

Chris G. Van de Walle;Richard M. Martin

1675
Citations
Fully ab initio finite-size corrections for charged-defect supercell calculations.

Christoph Freysoldt;Jörg Neugebauer;Chris G. Van de Walle

1635
Citations
Ultrawide-Bandgap Semiconductors: Research Opportunities and Challenges

J. Y. Tsao;S. Chowdhury;M. A. Hollis;D. Jena

1496
Citations
Universal alignment of hydrogen levels in semiconductors, insulators and solutions

Chris G. Van de Walle;Jörg Neugebauer

1490
Citations
Gallium vacancies and the yellow luminescence in GaN

Jörg Neugebauer;Chris G. Van de Walle

1455
Citations
Atomic geometry and electronic structure of native defects in GaN

Jörg Neugebauer;Chris G. Van de Walle

1076
Citations
Quantum computing with defects

J. R. Weber;W. F. Koehl;J. B. Varley;A. Janotti

972
Citations
Density-functional calculations for III-V nitrides using the local-density approximation and the generalized gradient approximation

C. Stampfl;C. G. Van de Walle

955
Citations
Oxygen vacancies and donor impurities in β-Ga2O3

J. B. Varley;J. R. Weber;A. Janotti;C. G. Van de Walle

931
Citations
Hydrogen multicentre bonds

Anderson Janotti;Chris G. Van de Walle

891
Citations
Theoretical study of band offsets at semiconductor interfaces

Chris G. Van de Walle;Richard M. Martin

751
Citations
Carbon impurities and the yellow luminescence in GaN

J. L. Lyons;A. Janotti;C. G. Van de Walle

730
Citations
Role of self-trapping in luminescence and p -type conductivity of wide-band-gap oxides

J. B. Varley;A. Janotti;C. Franchini;C. G. Van de Walle

685
Citations
Theory of hydrogen diffusion and reactions in crystalline silicon

Chris G. Van de Walle;P. J. H. Denteneer;Y. Bar-Yam;S. T. Pantelides

675
Citations
Quantum computing with defects

Luke Gordon;Justin R. Weber;Joel B. Varley;Anderson Janotti

50
Citations