How to Join
Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students
Graduate admissions are handled by the Physics department through the standard process; see the department website. Admitted applicants will be invited to visit the department in late March, early April. During the Open House, you can meet with Mike and current group members to learn about our work.
Interested postdocs should reach out to the group PI.
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate students who are interested in getting involved in research in the group should fill out this form which includes an upload link for a transcript. We will do our best to match you with a suitable project and mentor, but we expect to have far more applications than available projects. For 2026, we don't have particular projects to be filled at this time, but you are welcome to leave your information and express your interests.
Students should also consult the department page on research opportunities, funding sources, and deadlines. We would especially like to highlight the Pi2 Summer Scholars Program; applications were due. The department handles the applications for this program separately.
We also recommend the Berkeley Physics Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (BPURS), Berkeley Connect, Compass Project, and MPS scholars for semesterly support.
Suggested Reading
Between these readings and the project descriptions on the "Research" page, we hope to give you an idea of what sort of things we work on in the group. You are not expected to read all of these; just take a look and see what interests you! When you start a project, you and your mentor will work together to find the necessary readings to get up-to-speed.
If you are interested in tensor network projects, a great first reference is this review. This review covers many 1D tensor network basics, and the techniques covered are indispensable for our daily work. The first 3 sections are the most important. More advanced/detailed material:
Should you have a headache with papers, there are also many online resources you can go to, such as tensors.net and tensornetwork.org.
For strongly correlated electron projects, take a look at the following resources.
For topological phases and quantum entanglement in many-body systems, a nice reference is this review. It covers different classes of topological phases and why they are unique/exotic!