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Curriculum Vitae — Alastair J. A. Price

Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Toronto / Acceleration Consortium
Supervised by Prof. O. Anatole von Lilienfeld

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Education

Degree Institution Supervisor Year
Postdoctoral Fellow University of Toronto / Acceleration Consortium O. A. von Lilienfeld 2023–Present
Ph.D. Chemistry Dalhousie University Erin R. Johnson 2019–2023
B.Sc. Hons (1st Class) Dalhousie University Erin R. Johnson 2016–2019

Research Interests

Density functional theory method development, exchange-hole dipole moment (XDM) dispersion corrections, machine learning for molecular science (MACE), adaptive density functionals, crystal structure prediction, and AI-driven materials discovery.

Selected Publications

720 citations, h-index 14, i10-index 17

  • D. Khan, A. J. A. Price, M. L. Ach, O. A. von Lilienfeld. Adaptive hybrid density functionals. Sci. Adv. 2025, 11(5), eadt7769.
  • A. J. A. Price, A. Otero de la Roza, E. R. Johnson. XDM-corrected hybrid DFT with numerical atomic orbitals predicts molecular crystal energetics with unprecedented accuracy. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 1252–1262.
  • A. J. A. Price, K. R. Bryenton, E. R. Johnson. Requirements for an accurate dispersion-corrected density functional. J. Chem. Phys. 2021, 154, 230902. (Top 10% Altmetric)
  • A. J. A. Price, E. R. Johnson. Theoretical investigation of amino-acid adsorption on hydroxylated quartz surfaces. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 16571. (2020 PCCP Hot Article)
  • M. DeJong, A. J. A. Price et al. Small molecule binding to surface-supported single-site transition-metal reaction centres. Nat. Comm. 2022, 13, 1–10.

Full publication list (18 papers) →

Recent Invited Talks

  • 2025Toward Trustworthy Hybrid DFT in Autonomous Materials Research. Seoul National University, South Korea
  • 2025Adaptive Density Functional Methods. Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max Planck, Berlin
  • 2025Adaptive System-Specific Dispersion Corrections. I-FIM, National University of Singapore
  • 2024Adaptive Density Functional Theory. Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Research Grants

  • $10,000,000 — NRF Singapore–UofT Grant: Data Factory for ML Design of Complex Materials (2026, Collaborator)
  • $60,000 — NUS–UofT Seed Grant: AI for Modeling Defects and Functional Intelligent Materials (2024–2026, Co-PI)

Selected Awards

  • Douglas E. Ryan Prize for Excellence in Graduate Studies (2022)
  • Best Graduate Student Poster, CSTCC (2022)
  • Mitacs Globalink Research Award — Max Planck Institute, Hamburg (2020)
  • Hypercube Scholar Award — Top graduating Honours student in theoretical/computational chemistry (2019)

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