Research

Methods: Quantum many-body systems, statistical many-body systems, and disordered systems have in common the huge configuration space accessible only by Monte-Carlo. Developing efficient methods for these systems is of my primary methodological interest.

• Electronic coarse-graining (fragmentation and tight-binding approaches)
• Lattice models of quantum physics (lectures, lecture notes, code)
• [paused] Lattice models of statistical physics
• Computational materials science

Applications: Structural and electronic properties of organic and inorganic semiconductors in various forms from crystals to nanostructures for optoelectronics, sensing, and energy conversion/storage: computer-aided design and first-principle modeling.

• Organic semiconductors
• Inorganic semiconductors
• Metamaterials: water molecules in nanocavities of minerals such as beryl
• [2016-2021] Inorganic materials for electrochemical energy storage including cathodes and membranes

Research prior to 2011 is summarized in ResearchHighlights.pdf.

Other topics of interest and my area of expertise or inexpertise can be traced by the entries of my personal library.