Zhao Tang

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). My research focuses on advancing first-principles electronic structure methods, particularly within density functional theory (DFT) and many-body perturbation theory (MBPT). I develop algorithms for GW and Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) calculations to improve the efficiency and accuracy. In parallel, I apply these methods to investigate the electronic properties of materials, with a particular interest in 2D systems and defects.