Harrison LaBollita
Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Quantum Physics
I use modern first-principles computational methods to understand and design quantum materials for future technologies. This means I start with the structure of a material and try to predict what an experiment will measure. For quantum materials this is one of the biggest challenges in modern condensed matter physics.
My research focuses on the development and application of quantum embedding methods for quantum materials research. Quantum embedding methods combine material-specific electronic structure with quantum many-body techniques that can handle strong correlation physics providing improved qualitative and quantitative predictions of quantum materials. I'm particularly interested in using these methods to calculate experimental observables, and I like writing the open-source software that powers the calculations.