Graduate Students
Alumni
Yina Mo
Ph.D 2007
Current Affiliation: The MathWorks Patent Attorney http://www.mathworks.com/ Research at Kaxiras group Thesis Title: Theoretical Studies of Growth Processes and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures on Surfaces Thesis pdf
Amanda Peters
Ph.D 2013
Current Affiliation: Duke University http://randleslab.pratt.duke.edu/ Research at Kaxiras group: Thesis Title: Modeling Cardiovascular Hemodynamics Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method on Massively Parallel Supercomputers Thesis pdf
Jun Ren
Ph.D 2011
Thesis Title: First-principles modeling of optically active organic molecules in solar cell devices and biological environments.
Georg Schusteritsch
Ph.D 2012
Research at Kaxiras group University of Cambridge, England Thesis Title: First-Principles Multiscale Investigation of Structural and Chemical Defects in Metals. Thesis pdf
Thomas Baker
Ph.D 2009
Current Affiliation: The Boston Consulting Group Principal http://www.bcg.com/ Research at Kaxiras group Thesis Title: Adsorption on Gold: Effects on Surface Morphology and reactivity Thesis pdf
Ryan Barnett
Ph.D 2006
Currentn Affiliation: Imperial College London Lecturer in Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Mathematics http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.barnett Research at Kaxiras group Thesis Title: Studies of strongly correlated...
Ariel Barr
Graduate Student
Ariel received a B.S. in 2019 with a double major in physics and pure mathematics, and an MPhil in physics from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where she worked on quantum machine learning. Currently, Ariel is pursuing her doctorate in the...
Martin Z. Bazant
Ph.D 1997
Current Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Mathematics http://web.mit.edu/bazant/www/info/ Research at Kaxiras group Thesis Title: Interatomic Forces in Covalent Solids Thesis pdf
Noam Bernstein
Ph.D 1998
Research at Kaxiras group United States Naval Research Laboratory Thesis Title: Atomic Scale structure and dynamics of amorphous-crystal interfaces in silicon: simulations with empirical and quantum-mechanical approaches. Thesis pdf
Stephen Carr
stephencarr[at]g.harvard.eduPh.D 2020
Stephen earned his Ph.D in physics in 2020 studying multilayered van der Waals materials. He works on ab initio multiscale modeling of electronic and atomic structures, with a focus on twisted moiré systems.
Nickolas Choly
Ph.D 2004
Current Affiliation: Tachyon Capital Management Financial analyst http://www.tachyoncm.com/ Research at Kaxiras group Thesis Title: Efficient Myltiscale Simulation of Simple Metallic Systems Thesis pdf
Ekin Dogus Cubuk
cubuk [at] google.com.Ph.D 2016
Dogus currently works at Google. He finished his Ph.D. studying structural complexities in atomistic systems, ranging from disordered solids to catalytic surfaces, in 2016. He worked on developing methodologies to combine first-principles calculations...
