Team

Prof. Bartomeu Monserrat

Principal Investigator
Professor of Materials Physics
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Dr Bo Peng

Research Fellow
Topology
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Dr Sun-Woo Kim

Postdoc
Strong correlations
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Dr Kang Wang

Postdoc
Phonons
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Dr Joshua Thompson

Postdoc
Optoelectronics
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Siyu Chen

PhD student
Topology
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Alya Bin Thabet Alqaydi

PhD student
Machine learning
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Bingcan Li

PhD student
Co-supervisor: Richard Friend
Optoelectronics
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Sunil Taper

PhD student
Co-supervisor: Giuliana Di Martino
Optoelectronics
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Javiera Quiroz

PhD student
Co-supervisor: Xavier Moya
Barocalorics
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Felicity Woolhouse

PhD student
Co-supervisor: Akshay Rao
Topology
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Kai-Wei Chang

PhD student
Topology
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Eleanor Davison

MPhil student
Sustainability
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Mingran Kong

MPhil student
Phonons and their interactions
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Pascal Salzbrener

Associate member
PhD student with Prof. Chris Pickard Topology
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Yao Wei

Visiting PhD student from King's College London
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Alumni

Postdoctoral Research Associates


Name Years Topic Next to
Dr Yun Liu 2019-2022 Optoelectronic properties of semiconductors Research Scientist at the Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore

PhD Students


Name Year Thesis title Next to
Bo Peng PhD 2023 On the topological properties of the vibrations of solids Nevile Junior Research Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge
Ivona Bravić PhD 2022 Static and dynamic disorder in emerging optoelectronic materials Energy Consultant at LBD-Beratungsgesellschaft

Co-supervised PhD Students


Name Year Co-supervisor Thesis title Next to
Arjun Ashoka PhD 2023 Prof. Akshay Rao Investigating quantum processes in disordered materials Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College Cambridge
Gunnar Lange PhD 2023 Dr Robert-Jan Slager Band topology beyond symmetry eigenvalues with applications to electronic and phononic systems Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute (Germany)
Yuchen Hu PhD 2021 Prof. Stephen Elliott Ab initio study of atomic dynamics and thermal properties of inorganic clathrates, chalcogenides and perovskite oxides Energy Research Analyst at Guidehouse London
Alan Bowman PhD 2021 Prof. Sam Stranks Materials, methods and concepts for 21st century solar cells Postdoc at EPFL (Switzerland) with Prof. Giulia Tagliabue

Master's Students


Name Course Year Research Next to
Emily Chen MPhil in Scientific Computing 2023 Phonons in 2D perovskites PhD at Stanford University
Jackson Weaver MPhil in Materials Science 2022 Electron and phonon transport PhD at University of Chicago
Alya Bin Thabet Alqaydi MPhil in Materials Science 2022 Machine learning PhD at University of Cambridge with Monserrat Lab
Xejay Ng MPhil in Scientific Computing 2021 Optoelectronic properties of semiconductors
Pascal Salzbrenner MPhil in Scientific Computing 2020 Topological materials PhD at University of Cambridge with Prof. Chris Pickard
Kemal Atalar MPhil in Scientific Computing 2019 Superconductivity PhD at Imperial College London with Prof. Arash Mostofi
Siyu Chen MPhil in Scientific Computing 2019 Topological materials PhD at University of Cambridge with Monserrat Lab

Part III Students


Name Course Year Research Next to
Joe Smith Part III Materials 2021 Oxides Materials Specialist at Intellegens

Undergraduate Summer Students


Name Home University Year Research
Isaac Parker University of Cambridge 2022 Topological materials
Juan Fernandez-Pottecher University of Cambridge 2021 Topological materials
Cameron Robey University of Cambridge 2021 Topological materials
Conall McCabe Trinity College Dublin 2019 Superconductivity

Visitors

Name Year Research Visiting from
Sijia Ke 2023 Optoelectronics PhD student at University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
Stephen Gant 2022 Phonons PhD student at University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
Prof. Dangqi Fang 2019-20 Spin-orbit coupling Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Zuzhang Lin 2019-20 Optoelectronics PhD student at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Stephanie Mack 2019 High pressure materials PhD student at University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
Bo Peng 2018-19 Topological materials Master's student at Fudan University, Shanghai, China