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On a special day for EU-Japan scientific collaboration, researchers gathered at Japan Women’s University in Tokyo—the first higher education institution for women in Japan—for a dynamic seminar focused on the Many-Body treatment of 2D Perovskites.

Among the key contributors were Costanza Borghesi, a postdoctoral researcher at CNR-NANO, and Giacomo Giorgi from the University of Perugia and an associate at CNR-NANO. Representing the HANAMI Project, in particular, the team that is working on material sciences, they presented recent advances in the modelling of perovskite photovoltaic materials, showcasing how Many-Body Perturbation Theory (MBPT) simulations—run on the world-class Fugaku supercomputer—are driving forward predictive understanding of 2D materials for next-generation energy technologies.

The event provided a platform for fruitful exchange with Japanese colleagues, including Azusa Murakoa and Koichi Yamashita, and reinforced the project’s commitment to open science, female talent, and international collaboration.

This initiative forms part of HANAMI – HPC AlliaNce for Applications and supercoMputing Innovation, a Europe-Japan collaboration fostering high-performance computing research across disciplines including materials science, climate, and biomedicine.