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Biography

Prof. Sadeghi is a Full Professor of Computational Quantum EngineeringLink opens in a new window and within the School of Engineering.

His main research area is the theory of nanoelectronics and computational material discovery. He collaborates at the interface between physics, chemistry and electronic engineering. He has developed new concepts and methodologies in the theory of nanoscale electronics including innovative strategies for demonstrating, controlling and exploiting quantum and phonon interference for applications in thermoelectricity, switching, sensing and optoelectronics. He is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships including in June 2017, 拢1M in Feb 2019 and 拢1M UKRI FLF Renewal in 2023 and being listed among the .

He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers in high ranked journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Electronics, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, ACSNano, JACS, Advance Functional Materials, Angewadte, Nanoscale. He co-created the next generation quantum transport code "".

He also serves on the advisory boards of several research and innovation bodies, is a panel member and reviewer for various UK and international funding bodies, and a regular peer reviewer for numerous reputable journals.

Research Interests

Quantum Engineering of Advanced Materials and Devices

• Nanoscale material modelling and discovery i.e. Electronic, vibrational and magnetic structures; Quantum, phonon and spin transport; Environmental effects on transport e.g. biological interaction, chemical stimulus, electrochemical gating, photo effect, temperature gradient, electric and magnetic field effect
• Molecular electronics i.e. Quantum and phonon interference; Energy harvesting e.g. Thermoelectricity and Piezoelectricity; Biological sensing; Spintronic; Optoelectronics; Molecular electronic building blocks
• One and two dimensional materials i.e. Single molecules and clusters; Self assembled monolayers; Van-der Waals heterostructures; 2D materials; Graphene nanojunctions; Carbon nanotubes; Molecular graphene nanoribbons
• Multiscale modelling i.e. Density functional theory; Tight-binding modelling; Molecular dynamics; Quantum transport
• : We co-develop the next generation quantum transport simulation tool: GOLLUM

Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

For full list of publication, visit: warwick.ac.uk/nanolab/publicationsLink opens in a new window

• Probing the Dynamics and Configurations of Single-Molecule Junctions via Seebeck Coefficient Spectroscopy, J Hurtado-Gallego, J Pirard, A HS Daaoub, S Sangtarash, Ch Kress, M Mayor, Hatef Sadeghi, and P Gehring, Nano Letters, Vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1740–1746, 2026, DOI:

• Transient Au–Cl adlayers modulate the surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles during redox reactions, SM Sibug-Torres, M Niihori, E Wyatt, R Arul, N Spiesshofer, T Jones, D Graham, B de Nijs, OA Scherman, RR Rao, MP Ryan, A Squires, CN Savory, DO Scanlon, A Daaoub, S Sangtarash, Hatef Sadeghi, and JJ Baumberg, Nature Chemistry, Vol. , no. 18, pp. 294–301, 2026. DOI:

  Rules of Connectivity-Dependent Phonon Interference in Molecular Junctions, L Zheng, E Norouzi Farahani, AHS Daaoub, S Sangtarash, and Hatef Sadeghi, Nano Letters, Vol. 25, no. 16, pp. 6524–6529, 2025. DOI:

• Electronically Perturbed Vibrational Excitations of the Luminescing Stable Blatter Radical, J Bar-David, A Daaoub, S Chen, SM Sibug-Torres, S Rocchetti, G Kang, RJ Davidson, RJ Salthouse, C Guo, N Sven Mueller, S Sangtarash, MR Bryce, Hatef Sadeghi, and JJ Baumberg, ACS Nano, Vol. 19, no. 18, pp. 7650–7660, 2025. DOI:

• Quantum Interference Effect in Saturated Systems: Effect of Anchoring Group Position on Conductance of Bipiperidines and their in-situ Derived Dithiocarbamates, U Rashid, A HS Daaoub, PA Sreelakshmi, S Sangtarash, Hatef Sadeghi, and V Kaliginedi, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 64, no. 47, pp. e202513806, 2025. DOI:

• Single鈥怣olecule Mechanoresistivity by Intermetallic Bonding, A Sil, CE Spano, Y Chelli, SJ Higgins, S Sangtarash, G Piccinini, M Graziano, RJ Nichols, Hatef Sadeghi, and A Vezzoli, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. , no. 64, pp. e202418062, 2025. DOI:

• Engineering Charge Transport by Tunneling in Supramolecular Assemblies through Precise Control of Metal–Ligand Interactions, H Kang, AHS Daaoub, S Sangtarash, J Jang, K Lee, Hatef Sadeghi, HJ Yoon, Small, Vol. 21, no. 27, pp. 2501303, 2025. DOI:

• Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Converters based on Metalloporphyrin Nanotubes, QH Al-Galiby , LA Algharagholy, Hatef Sadeghi and VG Suarez, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 13, no. 13, pp. 9323-9331, 2025. DOI:

• Zero鈥怋ias Anti鈥怬hmic Behaviour in Diradicaloid Molecular Wires, A Sil, L Hamilton, J MF Morris, A HS Daaoub, JHH Burrows, CM Robertson, K Luzyanin, SJ Higgins, Hatef Sadeghi, RJ Nichols, S Sangtarash, and A Vezzoli, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. , no. , pp. e202410304, 2024. DOI:

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shift as a Probe for Single-Molecule Charge Transport, AX Qiao, A Sil, S Sangtarash, S Smith, C Wu, CM Robertson, RJ Nichols, SJ Higgins, Hatef Sadeghi and A Vezzoli, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. , no. , pp. , 2024. DOI:
  
• Thermopower in Underpotential Deposition Based Molecular Junctions, P He, A Daaoub, S Sangtarash, Hatef Sadeghi, and HJ Yoon, Nano Letters, Vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1988–1995, 2024. DOI:

• Mechanical Manipulation of Quantum Interference in Single鈥怣olecule Junctions, A Sil, M Alsaqer, C E Spano, A Larbi, SJ Higgins, CM Robertson, M Graziano, S Sangtarash, RJ Nichols, Hatef Sadeghi, and A Vezzoli, Small, Vol. 20, no. 25, pp. 2308865, 2024. DOI:

• Large Mechanosensitive Thermoelectric Enhancement in Metallo-Organic Magnetic Molecules, M Alsaqer, AHS Daaoub, S Sangtarash, and Hatef Sadeghi, Nano Letters, Vol. 23, no. 23, pp. 10719–10724, 2023. DOI:

• Contacting individual graphene nanoribbons using carbon nanotube electrodes, J Zhang, L Qian, GB Barin, A Daaoub, P Chen, K M眉llen, S Sangtarash, P Ruffieux, R Fasel, Hatef Sadeghi, J Zhang, M Calame, and ML Perrin, Nature Electronincs, Vol. 6, no.8, pp. 572–581, 2023. DOI:

• Controlling Spin Interference in Single Radical Molecules, Y Chelli, S Sandhu, AHS Daaoub, S Sangtarash, and Hatef Sadeghi, Nano Letters, Vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 3748–3753, 2023. DOI:

• Supramolecular Radical Electronics, T Gao, A Daaoub, Z Pan, Y Hu, S Yuan, Y Li, G Dong, R Huang, J Liu, S Sangtarash, J Shi, Y Yang, Hatef Sadeghi, and W Hong, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Vol. 145, no. 31, pp. 17232–17241, 2023. DOI:

• Not So Innocent After All: Interfacial Chemistry Determines Charge-Transport Efficiency in Single-Molecule Junctions, A Daaoub, JMF Morris, VA B茅land, P Demay-Drouhard, A Hussein, SJ Higgins, Hatef Sadeghi, RJ Nichols, A Vezzoli, T Baumgartner, S Sangtarash, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 62, no. 24, pp. e202302150, 2023. DOI:

• Engineering heat transport across epitaxial lattice-mismatched van der Waals heterointerfaces, E Chavez-Angel, P Tsipas, P Xiao, M Ahmadi, A Daaoub, Hatef Sadeghi, C Sotomayor Torres, A Dimoulas, A El Sachat, Nano Letters, Vol. 23, no. 15, pp. 6883–6891, 2023. DOI: ink opens in a new window

  151. An Orthogonal Conductance Pathway in Spiropyrans forWell-Defined Electrosteric Switching Single-MoleculeJunctions, D Jago, C Liu, AHS Daaoub, E Gaschk, MC Walkey,T Pulbrook, X Qiao, AN Sobolev, SA Moggach, D Costa-Milan, SJ Higgins, MJ Piggott, Hatef Sadeghi, RJ Nichols, S Sangtarash, A Vezzoli, and AA Koutsantonis, Small, Vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 2306334, 2023. DOI:

• Atomically Well-defined Nitrogen Doping in the Cross-plane Transport through Graphene Heterojunctions, H Zhang, P Zhou, A Daaoub, S Sangtarash, S Zhao, Z Yang, Y Zhou, Y Zou, S Decurtins, R H盲ner, Y Yang, Hatef Sadeghi and S Liu, and W Hong, Chemical Science, Vol. , no. 14, pp. 6079-6086, 2023. DOI:
• Tunable Quantum Dots from Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons Using a Multi-Gate Architecture, J Zhang, O Braun, GB Barin, S Sangtarash, J Overbeck, R Darawish, M Stiefel, R Furrer, A Olziersky, K M眉llen, I Shorubalko, AHS Daaoub, P Ruffieux, R Fasel, Hatef Sadeghi, ML Perrin, M Calame, Advanced Electronic Materials, Vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 2201204, 2023. DOI:

• Scaling of Quantum Interference from Single Molecules to Molecular Cages and their Monolayers, X Xua, J Wanga, N Blankevoortb, A Daaoub, S Sangtarash, J Shi, C Fang, S Yuan, L Chen, J Liu, Y Yang, Hatef Sadeghi, and W Hong, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Vol. 119, no. 46, pp. e2211786119, 2022. DOI:

• Thermoelectric Enhancement in Single Organic Radical Molecules, J Hurtado-Gallego, S Sangtarash, R Davidson, L Rinc贸n-Garc铆a, A Daaoub, G Rubio-Bollinger, CJ Lambert, VS Oganesyan, MR Bryce, N Agra茂t, and Hatef Sadeghi, Nano Letters, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 948–953, 2022. DOI:

• Redox-addressable single-molecule junctions incorporating a persistent organic radical, S Naghibi, S Sangtarash, VJ Kumar, JZ Wu, MM Judd, X Qiao, E Gorenskai, SJ Higgins, N Cox, RJ Nichols, Hatef Sadeghi, PJ Low and A Vezzolia, Angewandte, Vol. , no. , pp. , 2022. DOI:

• Engineering Transport Orbitals in Single-Molecule Junctions, A Daaoub, L Ornago, D Vogel, P Bastante, S Sangtarash, M Parmeggiani, J Kamer, N Agra茂t, M Mayor, H van der Zant, and Hatef Sadeghi, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 13, no. , pp. 9156–9164, 2022. DOI:

• Reversible Switching between Destructive and Constructive Quantum Interference Using Atomically Precise Chemical Gating of Single-Molecule Junctions, C Tang, L Huang, S Sangtarash, M Noori, Hatef Sadeghi, H Xia, W Hong, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Vol. 143, No. 25 , pp. 9385–9392, 2021. DOI:
• Genomics of Carbon Atomic Chains, A Daaoub, C Lambert and Hatef Sadeghi, Carbon, Vol. 183, pp. 977-983, 2021. DOI:
• Optical probes of molecules as nano-mechanical switches, D Kos, GD Martino, A Boehmke, B de Nijs, D Berta, T F枚ldes, S Sangtarash, E Rosta, Hatef Sadeghi and JJ Baumberg, Nature Communications 11, 5905, 2020. DOI:
• Folding a Single-Molecule Junction, C Wu, D Bates, S Sangtarash, N Ferri, A Thomas, SJ Higgins, CM Robertson, RJ Nichols, Hatef Sadeghi, and A Vezzoli, Nano Letters, 20, 11, 7980–7986, 2020, DOI:
• Controlled Quantum Dot Formation in Atomically Engineered Graphene Nanoribbon Field-Effect Transistors, ME Abbassi, ML Perrin, GB Barin, S Sangtarash, J Overbeck, O Braun, C Lambert, Q Sun, T Prechtl, A Narita, K Mu虉llen, P Ruffieux, Hatef Sadeghi, R Fasel and M Calame, ACS Nano, 14, 5, 5754–5762, 2020, DOI:
• Switching Quantum Interference in Phenoxyquinone Single Molecule Junction with Light, A Daaoub,S Sangtarash and Hatef Sadeghi, Nanomaterials, 10, 8, 1544, 2020, DOI:
• Radical Enhancement of Molecular Thermoelectric Efficiency, S Sangtarash, Hatef Sadeghi, Nanoscale Advances (Communication), 2, 3, 1031-1035, 2020, DOI:
• Cross-plane transport in a single-molecule two-dimensional van der Waals heterojunction, S Zhao, Q Wu, J Pi, J Liu, J Zheng, S Hou, J Wei, R Li, Hatef Sadeghi, Y Yang, J Shi, Z Chen, Z Xiao, C Lambert, W Hong, Science Advances, 6, 22, eaba6714, 2020, DOI:
• Robust graphene-based molecular devices, ME Abbassi, S Sangtarash, X Liu, ML Perrin, O Braun, CJ Lambert, H van der Zant, S Yitzchaik, S Decurtins, SX Liu, Hatef Sadeghi, M Calame, Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 10, 957-961, 2019, DOI:
• Anti-resonance features of destructive quantum interference in single-molecule thiophene junctions achieved by electrochemical gating, J Bai, A Daaoub, S Sangtarash, X Li, Y Tang, Q Zou, Hatef Sadeghi, S Liu, X Huang, Z Tan, J Liu, Y Yang, J Shi, G Meszaros, W Chen, CJ Lambert, W Hong, Nature Materials, 18, 4, 364-369, 2019. DOI:
• Thermal transport through single molecule junctions, N Mosso, Hatef Sadeghi, A Gemma, S Sangtarash, CJ Lambert, B Gotsmann, Nano Letters, 19, 11, 7614-7622, 2019. DOI:
• Turning the Tap: Conformational Control of Quantum Interference to Modulate Single Molecule Conductance, F Jiang, D Trupp, N Algethami, H Zheng, W He, A Alqorashi, C Zhu, C Tang, R Li, J Liu, Hatef Sadeghi, J Shi, R Davidson, M Korb, M Naher, AN Sobolev, S Sangtarash, PJ Low, W Hong, C Lambert, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 131, 19163–19169, 2019, DOI:
• Discriminating Seebeck sensing of molecules, Hatef Sadeghi, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 5, 2378-2381, 2019, DOI:
• Unusual Length-Dependence of Conductance in Cumulene Molecular Wire, W Xu, E Leary, S Hou, S Sangtarash, T Gonzalez, G Rubio-Bollinger, Q Wu, Hatef Sadeghi, L Tejerina, K Christensen, N Agrait, S Higgins, CJ Lambert, R Nichols, HL Anderson, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 25, 8378-8382, 2019, DOI:
• Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions, Z Tan, D Zhang, H Tian, Q Wu, S Hou, J Pi, Hatef Sadeghi, Z Tang, Y Yang, J Liu, Y Tan, Z Chen, J Shi, Z Xiao, CJ Lambert, S Xie, W Hong, Nature Communications, 10, 1748, 2019. DOI:
• Quantum and Phonon Interference Enhanced Molecular-Scale Thermoelectricity, Hatef Sadeghi, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 , 20 , 12556-12562, 2019, DOI:
• Magnetic edge states, spin dynamics and coherent manipulation of molecular graphene nanoribbons, M Slota, A Keerthi, WK Myers, E Tretyakov, M Baumgarten, A Ardavan, Hatef Sadeghi, CJ Lambert, A Narita, K M眉llen, L Bogani, Nature, 557, 7707, 691-695, 2018. DOI:
• The conductance of porphyrin-based molecular nanowires increases with length, N Algethami, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, and CJ Lambert, Nano Letters, 18, 7, 4482-4486, 2018. DOI:
• Low-frequency noise in graphene tunnel junctions, P Puczkarski, Q Wu, Hatef Sadeghi, S Hou, A Karimi, Y Sheng, JH Warner, CJ Lambert, GAD Briggs, JA Mol, ACS Nano, 12, 9, 9451-9460, 2018. DOI:
• Theory of Electron, Phonon and Spin Transport in Nanoscale Quantum Devices, Hatef Sadeghi, Nanotechnology, 29, 37, 373001, 2018. DOI:
• Breakdown of Curly Arrow Rules in Anthraquinone, J Alqahtani, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, CJ Lambert, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57, 57, 15065-15069, 2018. DOI:
• Anchor groups for graphene-porphyrin single-molecule transistors, B Limburg, JO Thomas, G Holloway, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, IC Hou, J Cremers, A Narita, K M眉llen, CJ Lambert,GAD Briggs, J Mol, and HL Anderson, Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1803629, 2018. DOI:
• Toward high thermoelectric performance of thiophene and ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) molecular wires, M Famili, IM Grace, Q Al-Galiby, Hatef Sadeghi, CJ Lambert, Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 15, 1703135, 2018, DOI:
• Robust molecular anchoring to graphene electrodes, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, C Lambert, Nano Letters, 17, 8, 4611-4618, 2017. DOI:
• Distinguishing lead and molecule states in graphene-based single-electron transistors, P Gehring, JK Sowa, J Cremers, Q Wu, Hatef Sadeghi, Y Sheng, JH Warner, CJ Lambert, GAD Briggs, JA Mol, ACS Nano, 11, 5, 4739-4745, 2017. DOI:
• Gating of quantum interference in molecular junctions by heteroatom substitution, X Liu, S Sangtarash, D Reber, D Zhang, Hatef Sadeghi, J Shi, ZY Xiao, W Hong, CJ Lambert, SX Liu, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56, 1, 173-176, 2017. DOI:
• Protonation tuning of quantum interference in azulene-type single-molecule junctions, G Yang, S Sangtarash, Z Liu, X Li, Hatef Sadeghi, Z Tan, R Li, J Zheng, X Dong, J Liu, Y Yang, J Shi, Z Xiao, G Zhang, CJ Lambert, W Hong, D Zhang, Chemical Science, 8 11, 7505-7509, 2017. DOI:
• Quantum interference in graphene nanoconstrictions, P Gehring, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, CS Lau, J Liu, A Ardavan, JH Warner, CJ Lambert, GAD Briggs, JA Mol, Nano Letters, 16, 7, 4210-4216, 2016. DOI:
• Cross-plane enhanced thermoelectricity and phonon suppression in graphene/MoS₂ van der Waals heterostructures, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, CJ Lambert, 2D Materials, 4, 1, 015012, 2016. DOI:
• Functionalization mediates heat transport in graphene nanoflakes, H Han, Y Zhang, N Wang, MK Samani, Y Ni, ZY Mijbil, M Edwards, S Xiong, K Saaskilahti, M Murugesan, Y Fu, L Ye, Hatef Sadeghi, S Bailey, YA Kosevich, CJ Lambert, J Liu, S Volz, Nature Communications, 7, 11281, 2016, DOI:
• Conductance enlargement in picoscale electroburnt graphene nanojunctions, Hatef Sadeghi, JA Mol, CS Lau, GAD Briggs, J Warner and CJ Lambert, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 112, 9, 2658-2663, 2015. DOI:
• Oligoyne molecular junctions for efficient room temperature thermoelectric power generation, Hatef Sadeghi, S Sangtarash, CJ Lambert, Nano Letters, 15, 11, 7467-7472, 2015. DOI:
• A quantum circuit rule for interference effects in single-molecule electrical junctions, DZ Manrique, C Huang, M Baghernejad, X Zhao, OA Al-Owaedi, Hatef Sadeghi, V Kaliginedi, W Hong, M Gulcur, T Wandlowski, MR Bryce and CJ Lambert, Nature Communications, 6, 6389, 2015. DOI:
• Redox-dependent Franck-Condon blockade and avalanche transport in a graphene-fullerene single-molecule transistor, CS Lau, Hatef Sadeghi, G Rogers, S Sangtarash, P Dallas, K Porfyrakis, J Warner, CJ Lambert, GAD Briggs, JA Mol, Nano Letters, 16, 1, 170-176, 2015. DOI:
• Searching the hearts of graphene-like molecules for simplicity, sensitivity, and logic, S Sangtarash, C Huang, Hatef Sadeghi, G Sorohhov, J Hauser, T Wandlowski, W Hong, S Decurtins, SX Liu, CJ Lambert, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), 137, 35, 11425-11431, 2015. DOI:
• Magic ratios for connectivity-driven electrical conductance of graphene-like molecules, Y Geng, S Sangtarash, C Huang, Hatef Sadeghi, Y Fu, W Hong, T Wandlowski, S Decurtins, CJ Lambert and S Liu, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), 137, 13, 4469-4476, 2015. DOI:
• Graphene-porphyrin single-molecule transistors, JA Mol, CS Lau, WJM Lewis, Hatef Sadeghi, C Roche, A Cnossen, JH Warner, CJ Lambert, HL Anderson, GAD Briggs, Nanoscale, 7, 31, 13181-13185, 2015. DOI:

Projects and Grants

• The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship - Renewal, Principle investigator, No: MR/X015181/1
  Project Title: Hybrid Molecular Energy Harvesting (HiMOL).
  Value: 拢988,127.39
  Duration: 01/11/2023 - 30/10/2026
• Horizon Europe EIC PathFinderOpen - UKRI InnovateUK Guarantee Scheme, Principle investigator, No: 101099098
  Project Title: Atomically Precise Nanoribbons Quantum Platform (ATYPIQUAL).
  Value: 鈧�3.4M (糖心TV share: 拢772K)
  Duration: 01/10/2023 - 31/03/2027
• Royal Society - International Exchanges, Principle investigator, No: IES\R3\92223170
  Project Title: Enhancement of photocatalytic dehydrogenation activity using quantum interference.
  Value: 拢12K
  Duration: 31/03/2023 - 30/03/2025
• The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, Principle investigator, No: MR/S015329/2
  Project Title: Exploiting quantum and phonon interference for molecular thermoelectricity and Seebeck sensing (MoQPI).
  Value: 拢932,096.00
  Duration: 01/05/2019 - 30/10/2023 — nanolab.uk/moqpi
• FLF Development Network - Plus Funds, Principle investigator, No: PF007
  Project Title: Future Leaders Network for Nanoscale Energy Harvesting.
  Value: 拢24,948.90
  Duration: 01/12/2021 - 01/12/2022 — nanoleaders.org
• University of 糖心TV Capital Fund, Principle investigator
  Project Title: Equipment Fund to Purchase dedicated Computing Nodes
  Value: 拢35,000.00
  Duration: 01/01/2020
• The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, Principle investigator, No: ECF-2017-186
  Project Title: Quantum and Phonon Interference in Molecular-scale Thermoelectric Materials.
  Value: 拢120,000.00
  Duration: 01/05/2018 - 30/04/2021 — nanolab.uk/leverhulme