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15 patents, 38 publications, 52 talks/poster presentations at conferences
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Theoretical description of how magnetic fields can control heat-flow in semiconductors (phonon-induced magnetism; Nature mater., Ref. 24 in publication list).
Developed novel density-functional theory-based codes to calculate electronic mobilities limited by phonon and impurity scattering without any free parameters. Predictions for novel 2D semiconductors such as hydrogenated germanium give very high mobilities on the order of 18,000 cm2/Vs (Nature Commun.; ACS Nano, Refs. 7, 14, 15, 19, 20, and 22).
Contribution to the development of new reliable methods to calculate defect formation energies in semiconductors (J. Mater. Sci., Refs. 9, 11, and 14).
Predicted for the first time from first-principles spin relaxation times for spintronics materials (silicon, diamond, graphite, and graphene) without the need of free parameters (Phys. Rev. Lett., Ref. 13).
Developed novel method to predict polarization charges at interfaces in polar III-V compounds, applied to AlN/GaN junctions (Ref. 10).