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Kristian Sommer Thygesen

Kristian Sommer Thygesen

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Materials Science
Denmark
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
86
Citations
31015
World Ranking
2033
National Ranking
6

Kristian Sommer Thygesen publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kristian Sommer Thygesen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 278 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Kristian Sommer Thygesen D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kristian Sommer Thygesen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Kristian Sommer Thygesen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark and works primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research encompasses a diverse range of topics within materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, biomedical engineering, and condensed matter physics. The main areas of focus include 2D materials and their applications, graphene research, machine learning in materials science, MXene and MAX phase materials, electronic and structural properties of oxides, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and perovskite materials.

The scientist has contributed substantially to the literature, with recent notable papers including:

  • Engineering covalently bonded 2D layered materials by self-intercalation, 2020, Nature
  • High oscillator strength interlayer excitons in two-dimensional heterostructures for mid-infrared photodetection, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • GPAW: An open Python package for electronic structure calculations, 2024, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Electrical tuning of optically active interlayer excitons in bilayer MoS2, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Controlled generation of luminescent centers in hexagonal boron nitride by irradiation engineering, 2021, Science Advances

The coauthors most frequently collaborating with Thygesen include Mark Kamper Svendsen, Thomas Olsen, Jens Jørgen Mortensen, Karsten W. Jacobsen, and Fabian Bertoldo.

Their research articles appear regularly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), npj Computational Materials, Physical Review B, 2D Materials, and ACS Nano, reflecting a concentration on high-impact journals and preprint archives in materials science and related disciplines.

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • npj Computational Materials
  • Physical Review B
  • 2D Materials
  • ACS Nano

Kristian Sommer Thygesen's contributions span major subfields and topics in materials science, emphasizing both experimental and computational approaches, including the integration of machine learning techniques for materials discovery and analysis.

Best Publications

  • The Atomic Simulation Environment - A Python library for working with atoms

    Ask Hjorth Larsen;Ask Hjorth Larsen;Jens Jørgen Mortensen;Jakob Blomqvist;Ivano E. Castelli

  • Electronic structure calculations with GPAW: a real-space implementation of the projector augmented-wave method

    J. Enkovaara;Carsten Rostgaard;Jens Jørgen Mortensen;Jingzhe Chen

  • Phonon-limited mobility in n -type single-layer MoS 2 from first principles

    Kristen Kaasbjerg;Kristian S. Thygesen;Karsten W. Jacobsen

  • Computational 2D Materials Database: Electronic Structure of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides and Oxides

    Filip Anselm Rasmussen;Kristian Sommer Thygesen

  • The Computational 2D Materials Database: high-throughput modeling and discovery of atomically thin crystals

    Sten Haastrup;Mikkel Strange;Mohnish Pandey;Thorsten Deilmann

  • Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries.

    V. Viswanathan;Kristian Sommer Thygesen;J.S. Hummelshøj;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Observation of quantum interference in molecular charge transport.

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  • Graphene on metals: A van der Waals density functional study

    M. Vanin;J. J. Mortensen;A. K. Kelkkanen;J. M. Garcia-Lastra

  • Computational screening of perovskite metal oxides for optimal solar light capture

    Ivano E. Castelli;Thomas Olsen;Soumendu Datta;David D. Landis

  • Communications: Elementary oxygen electrode reactions in the aprotic Li-air battery

    J. S. Hummelshøj;J. Blomqvist;S. Datta;T. Vegge

  • The relation between structure and quantum interference in single molecule junctions.

    Troels Markussen;Robert Stadler;Kristian S. Thygesen

  • Electrochemical CO2 and CO reduction on metal-functionalized porphyrin-like graphene

    Vladimir Tripkovic;Marco Vanin;Mohammedreza Karamad;Mårten E. Björketun

  • Acoustic phonon limited mobility in two-dimensional semiconductors: Deformation potential and piezoelectric scattering in monolayer MoS 2 from first principles

    Kristen Kaasbjerg;Kristian Sommer Thygesen;Antti-Pekka Jauho

  • Calculating excitons, plasmons, and quasiparticles in 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures

    Kristian Sommer Thygesen

  • Excitons in van der Waals heterostructures: The important role of dielectric screening

    Simone Latini;Thomas Olsen;Kristian Sommer Thygesen

  • How dielectric screening in two-dimensional crystals affects the convergence of excited-state calculations: Monolayer MoS 2

    Falco Hüser;Thomas Olsen;Kristian Sommer Thygesen

  • Finite Size Effects in Chemical Bonding: From Small Clusters to Solids

    Jesper Kleis;Jeffrey Philip Greeley;N. A. Romero;V. A. Morozov

  • Recent Progress of the Computational 2D Materials Database (C2DB)

    M. N. Gjerding;A. Taghizadeh;A. Rasmussen;S. Ali

  • BANDGAP CALCULATIONS AND TRENDS OF ORGANOMETAL HALIDE PEROVSKITES

    Ivano E. Castelli;Juan María García-Lastra;Kristian S. Thygesen;Karsten W. Jacobsen

  • Polarization-induced renormalization of molecular levels at metallic and semiconducting surfaces

    J. M. García-Lastra;J. M. García-Lastra;C. Rostgaard;Angel Rubio;Kristian S. Thygesen

  • Engineering covalently bonded 2D layered materials by self-intercalation.

    Xiaoxu Zhao;Peng Song;Chengcai Wang;Anders Christian Riis-Jensen

  • New cubic perovskites for one- and two-photon water splitting using the computational materials repository

    Ivano Eligio Castelli;David Landis;Kristian Sommer Thygesen;Søren Dahl

  • Self-consistent GW calculations of electronic transport in thiol- and amine-linked molecular junctions

    M. Strange;M. Strange;Carsten Rostgaard;H. Hakkinen;Kristian Sommer Thygesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Wedel Jacobsen
Karsten Wedel Jacobsen Technical University of Denmark
Angel Rubio
Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Jan Rossmeisl
Jan Rossmeisl University of Copenhagen
Tejs Vegge
Tejs Vegge Technical University of Denmark
N. Asger Mortensen
N. Asger Mortensen University of Southern Denmark
Thomas Garm Pedersen
Thomas Garm Pedersen Aalborg University
Brian Seger
Brian Seger Technical University of Denmark
Quentin M. Ramasse
Quentin M. Ramasse University of Leeds
Jens Ulstrup
Jens Ulstrup Technical University of Denmark

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