Members

Mike Zaletel
email: mikezaletel (at) berkeley.edu

My research focuses on theoretical condensed matter physics and its intersection with quantum information and computational approaches. I'm interested in developing new computational methods for attacking the quantum many-body problem, finding conceptually interesting problems to apply them to, and working closely with experimentalists to see whether anything we're saying actually makes sense. Most recently I've beening thinking about fractional quantum Hall physics, non-Abelian anyons, and their potential for quantum computing; strongly-correlated phenomena in "moire materials" like twisted bilayer graphene; frustrated magnetism and spin liquids; formal aspects of topological order and their interplay with symmetry; and exploring many-body physics in AMO systems and near-term quantum computers. I received a degree in steer wrangling from Deep Springs College, an AB with highest honors in physics from Harvard University in 2009, and a Ph.D. at Berkeley working with Professor Joel Moore. In 2018, after a postdoctoral position in at Microsoft Research Station Q and a year as a faculty member at Princeton, I returned to Berkeley as the Thomas and Alison Schneider Chair in Physics. I was happy to receive the 2018 McMillan Award, 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and the 2022 DOE Career Award.

Ruihua Fan
email: ruihua_fan (at) berkeley.edu

Ethan Lake
email: elake (at) berkeley.edu

Zhihuan Dong
email: (at) berkeley.edu

My research aims to unravel insights into interplay between interactions, kinetic energy and band topology. One of the settings where all these elements are present is the moir\'e structures, which has been studied intensely over the last few years. To make progress in this field, I apply and develop theoretical and numerical tools adapted to the problems.

Gabriel Woolls
email: gwoolls (at) berkeley.edu

Shahin Jahanbani
email: shahin_jahanbani (at) berkeley.edu

I’m a Physics PhD student at Berkeley. My current research involves tensor network methods and their applications in studying emergent quantum many-body phenomena. You can check my recent publications on my Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wXuGb3oAAAAJ&hl=en

Jiechao Feng
email: jiechao_feng (at) berkeley.edu

Amir Shapour Mohammadi
email: amirsm (at) berkeley.edu

Hi! I'm a 2nd year grad student currently studying 2d quantum phases with numerical methods, working closely with experimentalists.

Zhifan (Frank) Yin
email: zhifan.yin (at) berkeley.edu

Sup! My name is Frank and I am a third-year studying Physics, Music and Statistics. My current interests involve Fractional Quantum Hall Effects and Tensor Networks simulation for 2D many-body systems. Beyond these, I enjoy chilling.