Group Leader
Renata Wentzcovitch
Professor
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
- rmw2150@columbia.edu
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- Research in her group is devoted to computational quantum mechanical studies of materials. She addresses electronic, structural, and vibrational properties from a fundamental and inter-related perspective. She develops and applies simulation methods to investigate materials properties at high pressures and temperatures, particularly in mineral physics and geophysics, discovery of materials at ultra-high pressures, H2O-ice physics, complex oxides, and crystalline defects.
Fellows and Students
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Jingyi Zhuang, PhD Student
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Since 2019
- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Chenxin Luo, PhD Student
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Since 2019
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
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Tianqi Wan, Postdoc
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Since 2025
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
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Hongjin Wang, PhD Student
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Since 2021
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
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Vishal Manve, Project Coordinator
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Since 2025
- LDEO/STG
Fellows and Students
Jingyi Zhuang, PhD Student
Since 2019
- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
- jz2907@columbia.edu
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Chenxin Luo, PhD Student
Since 2019
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
- cl3658@columbia.edu
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Tianqi Wan, Postdoc
Since 2025
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
- tw2619@columbia.edu
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Hongjin Wang, PhD Student
Since 2021
- Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
- hw2626@columbia.edu
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Collaborators
Columbia University
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David Yuen
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Pedro da Silveira
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Kui Ren
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Jacqueline Austermann
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Göran Ekström
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
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Kai Ming Ho
- Department of Physics & Astronomy
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Cai-Zhuang Wang
- Department of Physics & Astronomy
Princeton University
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Jeroen Tromp
- Department of Geosciences
Cornell University
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Geoffrey Abers
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Kei Hirose
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science
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Koichiro Umemoto
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science
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Christine Houser-Hernlund
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science
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John Hernlund
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science
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Kenji Ohta
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science
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Dong-Bo Zhang
- Condensed Matter Physics
Beijing Computational Science Research Center
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Zhongqing Wu
- School of Earth and Space Sciences
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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Tao Sun
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Support & Fundings
We gratefully acknowledge support and fundings from the following institutes and organizations.
