Henry Pinto is an Associate Professor at the School of Physical Sciences and Nanotechnology at Yachay Tech University and the head of the CompNano Group. He obtained his PhD in Physics in Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Mechanical simulations at the Department of Physics at the National University of Ireland in Cork and Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, in 2006. During his PhD studies, he won the BOC Postgraduate Bursary Award for his research. Throughout his scientific career, Dr. Pinto has been doing research in world-class centers like Aalto University, Finland; Nagoya University, Japan; and Liverpool University, UK. From 2010 until 2016, Dr. Pinto was a Research Professor at the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity at Jackson State University, USA.

Summary of Interests

Dr. Pinto’s main scientific interests are in Condensed Matter Physics and Computational Materials Science, applying cutting-edge theoretical and computational methods and the best available computing resources. He has a special interest in understanding the nanoworld phenomena from a theoretical perspective in close collaboration with experimentalists. His main research topics include electronic structure calculations, magnetism, strongly correlated systems, mineral and metal-oxide surfaces and interfaces, polymers and metal/polymer interfaces, scanning tunneling microscopy simulations, nanomanipulation, molecular electronics, point defects, and high-performance computing.