Research

Take away computation from the world and everything is wrapped in blind ignorance. — Isidore of Seville (550-636)

Our work focuses on the theory of materials, especially disordered materials and the development of new methods to better understand and predict the outcomes of experiment. Scholargps summary here.

Theory of Carbon Materials
Theory of Coal
Electronic transport in disordered systems
Computational methods
Electrical conduction in metal-graphene composites
The electron-phonon coupling in amorphpus materials
Structural inference
High Pressure studies of materials
Electronic structure of large systems
Theoretical solid state physics
Light-induced phenomena

Our research was sustained by the National Science Foundation and the Army Research Office for many years, and currently by the generous support of the Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Labs, and the Office of Naval Research.