I am a Professor of Theory and Simulation of Materials at Imperial College London. My research focuses on understanding the electronic, optical and chemical properties of materials using theoretical and computational approaches.
I am particularly interested in electronic excitations, light–matter interactions, quantum materials, plasmonic nanostructures and surface science. My group develops and applies advanced first-principles methods, including density-functional theory and many-body perturbation theory, to uncover fundamental physical mechanisms and explore applications in energy conversion, sensing and quantum technologies.
Before joining Imperial College, I obtained my PhD in theoretical physics from Cornell University and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I subsequently held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at Imperial College.
Watch my inaugural lecture here