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Welcome to my webpage. I am a postdoc in the Theoretical Division (T-1) and the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where I specialize in theoretical and computational condensed matter physics.
Earlier, I was a Ph.D. student in Physics at Stony Brook University.
I work on applications of density functional theory, time-dependent density functional theory, and electronic structure. My previous projects have involved aspects of quantum spin liquids, and I am broadly interested in quantum condensed matter theory.
Here is a brief bio, a description of my research, my publications, and talks.
News
- June 5 – 8, 2023: I will attend the 2023 Excited State Processes workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico and present a poster on my work.
- May 24, 2023: I presented a 30 minute invited talk at the 50th International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS 2023) in Session O-5.4 (Extreme States – Warm Dense Matter and High Energy Density Physics; Matter Under Extreme Conditions), entitled “Ab Initio Determination of Plasma Properties in the Warm Dense Matter Regime,” based on joint work with my collaborators at Los Alamos.
- May 8, 2023: My paper jointly with collaborators, entitled “Stochastic and Mixed Density Functional Theory within the projector augmented wave formalism for the simulation of warm dense matter,” was accepted for publication as a Letter in Physical Review E.
- January 27, 2023: My paper jointly with collaborators, entitled “Stochastic and Mixed Density Functional Theory within the projector augmented wave formalism for the simulation of warm dense matter,” was posted to the arXiv.
- July 14, 2022: My paper jointly with collaborators, entitled “Cooperative Interactions between Surface Terminations Explain Photocatalytic Water Splitting Activity on SrTiO3” was published in the inaugural volume of PRX Energy, as a highlighted article. A popular scientific exposition of the central idea appeared in a Synopsis article, entitled “The Brains and Brawn Behind Splitting Water.”
- January 31, 2022: My paper jointly with collaborators, entitled “Cooperative Interactions between Surface Terminations Explain Photocatalytic Water Splitting Activity on SrTiO3,” was posted to the arXiv.
- August 23, 2021: I joined Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a postdoc working in the Theoretical Division (T-1) and the Center for Nonlinear Studies.
- July 13-17, 2021: My upcoming work was presented at the in-person workshop entitled “Water: Grand Challenges for Molecular Science and Engineering,” held at Telluride Science Research Center.
- June 18, 2021: I defended my Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Density Functional Theory Studies of Water Structure and Photo-reactivity in Oxide materials” at Stony Brook University.