Andrea Sand

Research

My current research focuses on radiation damage in metals and semiconductors, studied through molecular dynamics simulations and time-dependent density functional theory calculations.

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Selected publications:

High energy collision cascades in tungsten: dislocation loop structures
and clustering scaling laws, A. E. Sand, S. L. Dudarev and K. Nordlund,
Europhysics Letters, 103 (2013) 46003

Cascade fragmentation: deviation from power law in primary radiation damage,
A. E. Sand, D. R. Mason, A. De Backer, X. Yi, S. L. Dudarev, K. Nordlund,
Mater. Res. Lett., 5 (2017) 357 – 363

Directional Sensitivity In Light-Mass Dark Matter Searches With Single-Electron Resolution Ionization Detectors, F. Kadribasic, N. Mirabolfathi, K. Nordlund, A. E. Sand, E. Holmström,
F. Djurabekova, Phys. Rev. Lett., 120 (2018) 111301

Improving atomic displacement calculations with physically realistic damage models:
arc-dpa and rpa, K. Nordlund, S. J. Zinkle, A. E. Sand, F. Granberg, R. S. Averback, R. Stoller,
T. Suzudo, L. Malerba, F. Banhart, W. Weber, F. Willaime, S. L. Dudarev, D. Siméone,
Nature Comm., 9 (2018) 1084

Multi-scale model for stresses, strains and swelling of reactor components under irradiation,
S. L. Dudarev, D. R. Mason, E. Tarleton, P.-W. Ma, A. E. Sand, Nuclear Fusion, 58 (2018) 126002

Heavy ion ranges from first-principles electron dynamics,
A. E. Sand, R. Ullah, A. A. Correa, npj Comput Mater 5 (2019) 43

Teaching

Since the spring of 2011, I have been lecturing physics courses in Swedish at the University of Helsinki. Below are links to some of my course pages.

• Elektromagnetismens grunder I
• Elektromagnetismens grunder II
• Den moderna fysikens grunder
• Materiens struktur
• Strålningsfält och fotoner
• Termodynamiska potentialer
• Termofysikens grunder

Support for students

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Current position:

Postdoctoral Researcher (Academy of Finland 2017 – 2020) University of Helsinki, Finland
Research topic: Multiscale modelling of radiation damage in materials

Project leader, AtomCRaD WP3, Eurofusion Consortium Enabling Research 1.1.2019 –

Docent (Adjunct Professor) in Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland, 6.3.2019 –

Education:

PhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki (UH), Finland, 2015
MSc in Theoretical physics, UH, Finland, 2006

Previous research positions:

Grants and Awards:

• The Ruth and Nils-Erik Stenbäck Foundation Award (2018)
• Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017)
• Eurofusion Researcher Fellowship (2016)

Teaching and Supervision:

• Extended CV