How to computationally identify next-generation functional materials for societal challenges? Finals of the Vlaamse PhD Cup 2018 (c) SciMingo.
Research expertise
Sven Rogge is an associate research professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University since September 2023. Since obtaining his PhD in 2018, he has launched his independent research career at the intersection of material science, physics, chemistry, and engineering, with the help of two postdoctoral fellowships from the Research Foundation - Flanders. He focuses on developing multiscale computational methods to reveal interesting but inaccessible phenomena in disordered materials, with the specific goal of:
- describing polymorphism (notably, the pressure-versus-volume equations of state technique and the first observation of phase coexistence in metal-organic frameworks);
- accessing previously unreachable time and length scales (notably, the micromechanical model and its practical implementation in MicMec, and the origin of strain-rate hardening for forced liquid water intrusion);
- demonstrating the design potential of strain engineering (notably, designing flexible crumple zones in the rigid UiO-66 material).
In 2023, he was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council to establish strain engineering as an in silico technique to control solid-state polymorphism in functional nanostructured materials. In that same year, he was elected as member of the Young Academy, the youth academy of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB).
Keywords: strain engineering, structural characterisation of nanostructured materials, mechanical properties and behaviour, flexibility, solid-state phase transformations, bridging length scales through multiscale modelling, in silico material design
Biography
Sven is an associate research professor specialising in computational condensed matter physics. He focuses on developing multiscale computational methods to uncover fascinating yet challenging phenomena in spatially disordered and amorphous materials, including metal-organic frameworks and metal halide perovskites.
Sven graduated in 2014 as a Master of Science in Engineering Physics, after which he was awarded a PhD fellowship fundamental research from the Research Foundation Flanders to develop simulation algorithms that interrogate the mechanical behaviour of metal-organic frameworks under temperature and pressure. He successfully defended his PhD in Engineering Physics, under the supervision of prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck and prof. Toon Verstraelen, in 2018, after which he was awarded two subsequent postdoctoral fellowships from the Research Foundation-Flanders. In 2023, Sven was awarded an ERC Starting Grant, STRAINSWITCH. Since that same year, he has served as an associate research professor at Ghent University.
In 2023, Sven was elected as a member of the Young Academy of Belgium – Flanders, a dynamic think tank that contributes to a resilient and caring society, which he co-chairs from 2025 onwards. It seeks to inspire and strengthen the connection and critical dialogue between science, art, policy, and society. Sven is also a member of the Federal Board of Research Policy (FRWB).
Teaching
Co-lecturer of both Bachelor and Master courses in Engineering Physics, including Quantum Mechanics I and Modelling and Engineering of Nanoscale Materials.
Code and data availability
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Publications
A1 publications
Published
2026
ACS Physical Chemistry Au 2026. 6(2): 356 - 366. IF: 4.3 75/185 [Q2] (IF and ranking 2024)
2025
Small 2025. 21(39): e08046. IF: 12.1 24/239 [Q1] (IF & ranking 2024)
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025. 147(27): 23367 - 23380. IF: 15.7 17/239 [Q1] (IF & ranking 2024)
2024
Nature Communications 2024. 15(1): 9997. IF: 15.7 10/136 [Q1]
Chemistry of Materials 2024. 36(9): 4315 - 4330. IF: 7.0 45/185 [Q1]
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2024. 19(24): 9032 - 9048. IF: 5.5 60/185 [Q2]
2023
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023. 127(48): 23400 - 23411. IF: 3.3 82/178 [Q2]
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2023. 10(16): 4763 - 4772. IF: 7.000 3/42 [Q1]
Physical Review Materials 2023. 7(7): 073402. IF: 3.1 208/439 [Q2]
Matter 2023. 6(5): 1435 - 1462. IF: 18.4 22/439 [Q1]
ACS Applied Nano Materials 2023. 6(7): 5645 - 5652. IF: 5.3 122/439 [Q2]
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023. 127(12): 6060 - 6070. IF: 4.177 143/345 [Q2]
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023. 11(14): 7468 - 7487. IF: 10.8 46/439 [Q1]
Communications Chemistry 2023. 6(1): 5. IF: 5.9 55/231 [Q1]
2022
Nature Communications 2022. 13: 7513. IF: 16.6 6/73 [Q1]
Chemistry of Materials 2022. 34(19): 8561 - 8576. IF: 8.6 63/344 [Q1]
Advanced Materials 2022. 34(27): 2201502. IF: 29.4 8/344 [Q1]
Chemistry of Materials 2022.
2021
Frontiers in Chemistry 2021. 9: 772059. IF: 5.545 59/179 [Q2]
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021. 9(38): 21835-21844. IF: 14.511 9/119 [Q1]
Energy Storage Materials 2021. 41: 69 - 107. IF: 20.831 15/345 [Q1]
Frontiers in Chemistry 2021. 9: 718920. IF: 5.545 59/179 [Q2]
Trends in Chemistry 2021. 3(8): 605 - 619. IF: 22.448 9/179 [Q1]
Nature Materials 2021. 20(7): 1015 - 1023. IF: 47.656 1/165 [Q1]
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2021. 60(16): 8913-8922. IF: 16.823 15/179 [Q1]
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021. 143(13): 4962-4968. IF: 16.383 16/179 [Q1]
Advanced Materials 2021. 33(13): 2007224. IF: 32.086 4/165 [Q1]
Faraday Discussions 2021.
2020
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020. 142(47): 20107 - 20116. IF: 15.419 15/178 [Q1]
ACS Materials Letters 2020. 2(4): 438 - 445. IF: 8.312 50/334 [Q1]
2019
Nature Communications 2019. 10: 4842.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019. 7(39): 22663 - 22674. IF: 11.301 8/112 [Q1]
Science 2019. 365(6454): 679 - 684.
Matter 2019. 1(1): 219 - 234.
ChemCatChem 2019. 11(16): 3993 - 4010.
Journal of Chemical Physics 2019. 150(9): 094503.
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 2019. 234(7-8): 529 - 545.
Advanced Theory and Simulations 2019. 2(4): 1800177.
2018
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2018. 14(11): 5511 - 5526.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2018. 14(3): 1186 - 1197.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018. 122(5): 2734 - 2746.
ChemPhysChem 2018. 19(4): 420 - 429.
Nature Communications 2018. 9: 204.
Accounts of Chemical Research 2018. 51(1): 138 - 148.
2017
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2017. 13(12): 5861 - 5873.
Chemical Society Reviews 2017. 46(11): 3134 - 3184.
2016
ChemPhysChem 2016. 17(21): 3447 - 3459.
Chemistry of Materials 2016. 28(16): 5721 - 5732.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2016. 120(27): 14934 - 14947.
2015
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2015. 11(12): 5583 - 5597. IF: 5.5 6/35 [Q1]
Other publications
Books [B1/B2/B3]
Book chapter
In Mechanical Behaviour of Metal – Organic Framework Materials, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023. 113 - 204. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-83916-408-8
In Nanotechnology in Catalysis: Applications in the Chemical Industry, Energy Development, and Environment Protection, 3 Volumes, Wiley-VCH, 2017. 1055 - 1099. ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-527-33914-3
Dissertations [MSc and PhD]
PhD thesis
2018
Doctor of Engineering: Physics, 25/05/2018.
Master thesis
2014
Master of Science in Engineering Physics, 2014.
Invited talks [Honorary lectureships, keynotes, plenary talks and invited talks]
Keynotes
2015
CHITEL2015, Torino, IT, 26/07/2015 - 31/07/2015
Invited talks
2026
MRS Spring Meeting 2026, Honolulu, US, 26/04/2026 - 01/05/2026
2025
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Munich, DE, 01/08/2025
Solid State Seminar, Graz, AT, 13/06/2025
2024
Training School “MOF Computational Tools and Machine Learning”, Istanbul, TR, 14/10/2024 - 15/10/2024
CECAM Flagship Workshop: Bridging the Atomic-Mesoscale Gap for Complex Interfaces, Montpellier, FR, 25/09/2024 - 27/09/2024
2022
CChESMate 1st Meeting: Climate Change and Energy Solutions through Materials Science, Villeneuve d'Ascq, FR, 28/04/2022 - 29/04/2022
SMMEG Seminar Series, Oxford (virtual meeting), GB, 07/02/2022
2021
FOR2433 meeting, Dresden, DE, 08/07/2021
2020
JungChemikerForum Dortmund, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Dortmund (online), DE, 07/12/2020
2019
FlexMOF Symposium 2019, Dresden, DE, 03/12/2019 - 05/12/2019
2018
CECAM workshop: Multi-scale modelling of flexible and disordered porous materials, Paris, FR, 11/06/2018 - 13/06/2018
2016
EMN Meeting 2016 on Active Matter, Las Vegas, US, 10/10/2016 - 14/10/2016
Talks
2026
MOF2026: 10th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, New Orleans, US, 16/05/2026 - 20/05/2026
MOF2026: 10th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, New Orleans, US, 16/05/2026 - 20/05/2026
2025
Young Scientist Symposium EUROMOF , Heraklion, GR, 20/09/2025 - 21/09/2025
AI4AM2025: Artificial intelligence for advanced materials, Donostia-San Sebastián, ES, 08/04/2025 - 10/04/2025
2024
MOF2024: 9th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, Singapore, SG, 15/07/2024 - 19/07/2024
FrenchMOF2024: 2024 French MOFs, COFs and Porous Polymers Conference, Lyon, FR, 10/06/2024 - 11/06/2024
2023
CChESMate-2p, Ghent, BE, 08/11/2023
Research talk, Queen Mary University of London, London, GB, 27/04/2023
2022
MOF2022: 8th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, Dresden, DE, 04/09/2022 - 07/09/2022
MOF2022: 8th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, Dresden, DE, 04/09/2022 - 07/09/2022
19th International Conference on Density Functional Theory and its Applications (DFT2022), Brussels, BE, 28/08/2022 - 02/09/2022
2021
EURMOF2021-YIS, Kraków, PL, 10/09/2021
EUROMAT2021, Graz, AT, 12/09/2021 - 16/09/2021
EuroMOF2021: 4th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Kraków, PL, 13/09/2021 - 15/09/2021
2020
Cooperative phenomena in framework materials: Faraday Discussion, Cambridge, GB, 13/10/2020 - 16/10/2020
2019
Hybrid Materials Group, Cambridge, GB, 21/08/2019
The Grey Group , Cambridge, GB, 20/08/2019
UK Porous Materials Conference 2019, Cardiff, GB, 01/07/2019 - 02/07/2019
The Goodwin Group, Oxford, GB, 22/07/2019
2018
MOF2018: 6th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, Auckland, NZ, 09/12/2018 - 13/12/2018
MOF2018: 6th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, Auckland, NZ, 09/12/2018 - 13/12/2018
Congrès français des MOFs, Paris, FR, 16/05/2018 - 17/05/2018
From Electrons to Phase Transitions, Vienna, AT, 04/04/2018 - 06/04/2018
docMOF Symposium, Raitenhaslach, DE, 29/04/2018 - 02/05/2018
2017
EuroMOF2017: 2nd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Delft, NL, 29/10/2017 - 01/11/2017
EUROMAT 2017, Thessaloniki, GR, 17/09/2017 - 22/09/2017
EUROMAT 2017, Thessaloniki, GR, 17/09/2017 - 22/09/2017
EUROMAT 2017, Thessaloniki, GR, 17/09/2017 - 22/09/2017
Thermodynamics 2017, Edinburgh, GB, 05/09/2017 - 08/09/2017
Research stay @ COSMO-EPFL, Lausanne, CH, 07/02/2017
2016
DAMP, Montpellier, FR, 17/11/2016
From molecular trajectories to reaction coordinates, Lorentz Center, Leiden, NL, 29/08/2016 - 02/09/2016
DAMP, Montpellier, FR, 18/07/2016
IAP-WP2 meeting, Zwijnaarde, BE, 17/06/2016
MolSim 2016: Understanding Molecular Simulations, Amsterdam, NL, 08/01/2016
2015
EUROMAT2015, Warsaw, PL, 20/09/2015 - 24/09/2015
IAP PL3 meeting, Mons, BE, 05/02/2015
Posters
2026
MOF2026: 10th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, New Orleans, US, 16/05/2026 - 20/05/2026
MOF2026: 10th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, New Orleans, US, 16/05/2026 - 20/05/2026
MOF2026: 10th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, New Orleans, US, 16/05/2026 - 20/05/2026
2025
EuroMOF2025: 6th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Heraklion, GR, 21/09/2025 - 24/09/2025
EuroMOF2025: 6th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Heraklion, GR, 21/09/2025 - 24/09/2025
EuroMOF2025: 6th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Heraklion, GR, 21/09/2025 - 24/09/2025
AI4AM2025: Artificial intelligence for advanced materials, Donostia-San Sebastián, ES, 08/04/2025 - 10/04/2025
MolSim 2025, Amsterdam, NL, 06/01/2025 - 17/01/2025
2024
MOFSIM2024, Montpellier, FR, 10/04/2024 - 12/04/2024
MOFSIM2024, Montpellier, FR, 10/04/2024 - 12/04/2024
MOFSIM2024, Montpellier, FR, 10/04/2024 - 12/04/2024
2022
WATOC 2020, Vancouver, CA, 03/07/2022 - 08/07/2022
Molecular Simulation 2022: Present, Past and Future, Erice, IT, 25/06/2022 - 29/06/2022
Hydrogen Research Event, Antwerp, BE, 12/05/2022 - 12/05/2022
2021
EuroMOF2021: 4th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Kraków, PL, 13/09/2021 - 15/09/2021
EuroMOF2021: 4th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Kraków, PL, 13/09/2021 - 15/09/2021
EuroMOF2021: 4th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Kraków, PL, 13/09/2021 - 15/09/2021
2020
Cooperative phenomena in framework materials: Faraday Discussion, Cambridge, GB, 13/10/2020 - 16/10/2020
MolSim 2020, Amsterdam, NL, 06/01/2020 - 17/01/2020
MolSim 2020, Amsterdam, NL, 06/01/2020 - 17/01/2020
2019
FlexMOF Symposium 2019, Dresden, DE, 03/12/2019 - 05/12/2019
EuroMOF2019: 3rd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Paris, FR, 27/10/2019 - 30/10/2019
EuroMOF2019: 3rd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Paris, FR, 27/10/2019 - 30/10/2019
EuroMOF2019: 3rd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Paris, FR, 27/10/2019 - 30/10/2019
EuroMOF2019: 3rd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Paris, FR, 27/10/2019 - 30/10/2019
5th International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO19), Lausanne, CH, 30/09/2019 - 02/10/2019
ICAMM2019, Rennes, FR, 01/07/2019 - 03/07/2019
ML4MS 2019, Helsinki, FI, 06/05/2019 - 10/05/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MOFSIM2019, Ghent, BE, 10/04/2019 - 12/04/2019
MolSim 2019, Amsterdam, NL, 07/01/2019 - 18/01/2019
MolSim 2019, Amsterdam, NL, 07/01/2019 - 18/01/2019
2018
Computational spectroscopy: bridging theory and experiment, Como, IT, 09/09/2018 - 14/09/2018
MSSC2018 - Ab initio Modeling in Solid State Chemistry, Torino, IT, 02/09/2018 - 07/09/2018
MSSC2018 - Ab initio Modeling in Solid State Chemistry, Torino, IT, 02/09/2018 - 07/09/2018
Path Integral Quantum Mechanics: From the Basics to the Latest Developments, Lausanne, CH, 25/06/2018 - 29/06/2018
2018 New Horizons Lectures in Chemistry, Ghent, BE, 01/06/2018 - 01/06/2018
NCCC XIX, Noordwijkerhout, NL, 05/03/2018 - 07/03/2018
MolSim 2018, Amsterdam, NL, 08/01/2018 - 19/01/2018
MolSim 2018, Amsterdam, NL, 08/01/2018 - 19/01/2018
2017
EuroMOF2017: 2nd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Delft, NL, 29/10/2017 - 01/11/2017
EuroMOF2017: 2nd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Delft, NL, 29/10/2017 - 01/11/2017
EuroMOF2017: 2nd European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers, Delft, NL, 29/10/2017 - 01/11/2017
MARVEL School on Variationally Enhanced Sampling, Lugano, CH, 14/02/2017 - 17/02/2017
Molsim 2017, Amsterdam, NL, 09/01/2017 - 20/01/2017