Viktor Rozsa

Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Education

• Ph.D. Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (2020)
• B.S. Physics, Mathematics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI, USA (2014)

Professional Affiliations

• American Physical Society (APS)

Awards

• DOE National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (2016-present)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (declined, 2016)

Areas of Interest

• Quantum mechanical simulation of aqueous systems at ambient and extreme conditions
• Materials engineering for water technology application
• Porous materials for photovoltaic and gas storage application

Experience

• 2020 - present, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
• 2014 - 2020, Graduate Student Researcher, University of Chicago
• 2013, REU Researcher, Brown University
• 2012, Carnegie Summer Scholar, Carnegie Institute of Washington
• 2011, Undergraduate research assistant, University of Michigan

Publications

• Viktor F. Rozsa and Giulia Galli
  Solvation of simple ions in water at extreme conditions
  J. Chem. Phys., 154, 144501 (2021)
• Viktor F. Rozsa and Giulia Galli
  Molecular Polarizabilities in Aqueous Systems from First-Principles
  J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 9, 2183 (2021)
• Viktor F. Rozsa, Tuan Anh Pham, and Giulia Galli
  Molecular polarizabilities as fingerprints of perturbations to water by ions and confinement
  J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 124501 (2020)
Featured in:

• Scilight: Nanoconfinement of salty water results in complex effects
• Hao Zeng, Viktor F. Rozsa, Nicole Xike Nie, Zhe Zhang, Tuan Anh Pham, Giulia Galli and Nicolas Dauphas
  Ab initio Calculation of Equilibrium Isotopic Fractionations of Potassium and Rubidium in Minerals and Water
  ACS Earth Space Chem. 2019, 3, 11, 2601-2612, (2019)
• Viktor F. Rozsa, Ding Pan, Federico Giberti, and Giulia Galli
  Ab initio spectroscopy and ionic conductivity of water under Earth mantle conditions
  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 201800123, (2018)
Featured in:

• UChicago News: Better model of water under extreme conditions could aid understanding of Earth's mantle
• Viktor F. Rozsa and Timothy A. Strobel
  Multiple Occupancy and Negative Compressibility in Hydrogen Loaded β-Hydroquinone clathrate
  J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5(11), 1880 (2014)