Davide Donadio is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). He holds an MS in physics (1998) and a PhD in materials science (2003) from the University of Milan. His academic journey includes postdoctoral positions at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and UC Davis, as well as leading an independent junior research group at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany. Before joining UC Davis, he served as an Ikerbasque Professor at the Donostia International Physics Center in Spain. His research focuses on advancing atomistic and first-principles simulation methods to explore the physicochemical properties of solids and liquids, including ice, aqueous solutions, and energy materials. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Physical Society.
