The SMTG is currently made up of 8 PDRAs, 12 PhD students and 2 Master students, and has a special interest in computationally-driven materials design and characterisation. The group’s work is at the forefront of the global effort to explore new materials based on computations and to advance the capacity of first principles calculations to predict materials properties. The group is currently working on new materials for Li- ion batteries, understanding novel materials for photovoltaics and photocatalysis, and optimising materials for thin film displays. The group regularly publishes with experimental groups working in complementary areas of materials science from around the globe.