People

Group Leader

  • Renata Wentzcovitch

  • Professor

  • Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
  • rmw2150@columbia.edu
  • 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.
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Fellows and Students

  • Yang Sun, Post-doc

  • Since 2019
  • Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics

  • Wenjie Lei, Post-doc

  • Since 2021
  • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

  • Zhen Zhang, PhD Student

  • Since 2017
  • Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics

  • Qi Zhang, PhD Student

  • Since 2017
  • Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics

  • Jingyi Zhuang, PhD Student

  • Since 2019
  • Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

  • Chenxin Luo, PhD Student

  • Since 2019
  • Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics

  • Tianqi Wan, PhD Student

  • Since 2020
  • Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics

  • Hongjin Wang, M.Sc.

  • Since 2018
  • Department of Computer Science

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