Veaceslav Vieru (V.)
Veaceslav Vieru is a computational chemist at the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP), Maastricht University. His research sits at the intersection of theoretical chemistry and molecular magnetism, with a focus on understanding and predicting the electronic and magnetic properties of molecular materials from first principles.
His work centres on the computational modelling of magnetic anisotropy, anisotropic exchange interactions, and the electronic structure of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) — a class of materials with promising applications in high-density data storage, quantum computing, and molecular spintronics. To achieve this, he employs state-of-the-art multi-configurational quantum chemistry methods for the accurate treatment of excited states in lanthanide and transition metal complexes.
Educational Activities
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics PHY2002
- Quantum Chemistry CHE3006
- Chemical Kinetics CHE3007
- Molecular Modelling PRA3018
- Physical Chemistry PRA2008
Ancillary activities
- Head of the Admissions Office at MSP
- Coordinator of Honors Research Programme
- PURE editor
Expertises
- Magnetic anisotropy in molecular materials
- Anisotropic exchange interactions in polynuclear metal complexes
- Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and magnetization blocking
- Multi-configurational ab initio quantum chemistry for excited states
- Lanthanide and transition metal coordination chemistry
Career history
Veaceslav Vieru completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, KU Leuven, Belgium, in 2016. He subsequently held a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) from September 2016 to August 2019, conducting research on quantum chemistry methodology for the investigation of anisotropic exchange interactions in metal clusters. He joined Maastricht University following his postdoctoral training.