Bernhard Kretz, PhD is a computational condensed matter physicist.

His research interests include the electronic ground- and excited-state properties of a variety of materials, ranging from molecules to 2D materials. He primarily uses density functional theory (DFT), time-dependent DFT, and modern machine learning methods to study these systems.

During his career in academic research, he explored a variety of different materials, including nano-porous graphene, metal-organic interfaces, and molecules. Furthermore, he successfully collaborated with experimentalists, exploring the properties of experimentally synthesized nano-porous graphene and self-assembled monolayers.

He also worked in the private sector for one year as project engineer for computational fluid dynamics.

Bernhard is a postdoctoral researcher in the Modelling and Theory of Materials Group since 2024.