People

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Vsevolod Ivanov

Assistant Professor, VTNSI & VT Physics

Email: vivanov@vt.edu

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Postdocs/Research Scientists

Jordan Chapman | Ph.D., Chemical Engineering | LinkedIn

Jordan is a computational materials scientist with research experience including first principles and atomistic descriptions of solid-state and biological materials. His graduate research focused on the design and rational tuning of macromolecule-nanomaterial interfaces for novel catalyst fabrication. Before coming to VT, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at NETL where he did first principles simulations of perovskite oxides for high-temperature gas sensing. Jordan is pursuing research interests in quantum point defects in 1-dimensional materials, transition state theory of defect formation in bulk materials, and light-matter interactions in soft matter and biological materials.

Jagannath Das (joint with Prof. Dua's group) | Ph.D., Physics

Jagannath Das completed his PhD at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India, under the supervision of Prof. Vikram Tripathi. His primary focus has been theoretical condensed matter physics, and he is now exploring quantum information. His research interests include strongly correlated systems, especially quantum spin liquid, topological phases of matter, and topological quantum computing. Apart from research, he loves watching cricket, cooking, and trekking. Email: jagannath.das0111@gmail.com

Graduate Students

Ben Burdick

Ph.D. candidate, Physics

Ben is interested in color center defects and their QIS applications. He is developing variational simulation methods to capture many-body effects in defects and streamline the defect discovery process.

Narayan Pokhrel | LinkedIn

Ph.D. candidate, Physics

Narayan is currently working on quantum chemistry methods for characterization of color centers. His research interests also includes decoherence dynamics of quantum systems.

Morteza Roostaeinia

Ph.D candidate, Physics

Morteza's work involves ab initio simulations of catalytic processes and defects. He has modeled electronic properties of defects in SiC, zeolite capture of jet fuel oxidants, and defect formation by high energy particles.

Benjamin Kostroun | LinkedIn

Ph.D student, Physics

Benjamin's research focuses on topological materials and their applications in next-gen solid-state electronic devices. Using theoretical models and first-principles simulations, he studies novel electronic properties of materials for power conversion devices.