Daniele Passerone is head of the Atomistic Simulations group of the nanotech@surfaces laboratory at Empa. Since 2022, he is also professor at ETHZ. Within MARVEL phase I, he was a group leader in Vertical Project 2. In phase II, he has been a group leader in Design & Discovery Project 3. Within MARVEL phase III, since May 2022, he is a project leader of the Continued Support, Advanced Simulation Methods.