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HONORS AND AWARDS
Named Distinguisher Professor of Physics, 2017 American Physical Society Outstanding Referee, 2014 UCD Chancellor's Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Award, 2009 Elected Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004 EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION HISTORY Vice Chairman, Physics Department, University of California, Davis: 2009-2011. Project Coordinator, DOE Computational Materials Science Network: 2006-2009 "Mott Transition in MnO, Multielectron Magnetic Moments, and Dynamic Effects in Correlated Materials" Project Coordinator, DOE Computational Materials Science Network: 2003-2006 "Predictive Capability for Strongly Correlated Electron Materials" Vice Chairman, Physics Department, University of California, Davis: 1998-2003. Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis: 1997-present. Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis: 1993-1997. Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis: 1989-1993. Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: 1988-1989. Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987-88. Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986. B.S., Physics and Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, 1982. |
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| GENERAL RESEARCH INTERESTS: THEORETICAL CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS My research interests are in the study of phases and phase transitions in strongly interacting quantum systems, including magnetism, metal-insulator transitions, and superconductivity. I am currently working on topological materials, disordered heavy fermions, the x-ray spectroscopy of lanthanides, charge density wave systems, and the model Hamiltonians which can be used to describe them. The group is also exploring machine learning algorithms related to these projects. The methodology I most commonly employ in these studies is Quantum Monte Carlo. I am interested in developing algorithms for doing these simulations more effectively. My research is supported by the Department of Energy and the NNSA. |
MURPPS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM
I am the chairman of the executive committee of a program which provides undergraduates the opportunity to work one-on-one with UC Davis faculty to do research. Go to this link for more information:
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With Warren Pickett, I lead a group of researchers looking at
computational studies of materials with strong electron-electron
interactions.
2003-2006 Computational Research Team: Predictive Capability
for Strongly Correlated Electron Materials
2006-2009 Computational Research Team: Predictive Capability
for Strongly Correlated Electron Materials
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INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
(CO-ORGANIZED WITH
NANDINI TRIVEDI AND SANDRO SORELLA):
Computational Methods in Strongly Correlated Systems (1999)
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