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Alex Zunger

January 01, 1970

Alex Zunger is a theoretical physicist, research professor, at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has authored more than 150 papers in Physical Review Letters and Physical Reviews B Rapid Communication, has an h-index over 150, number of citations over 113,000 (Google Scholar). He co-authored one of the top-five most cited papers ever to be published in the Physical Review family in its over 100 years' history.[2]

Alex Zunger
EducationTel Aviv University (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Known forFoundational first-principles theory of Electronic structure
Inverse design of materials
AwardsBoer Medal for fundamental solar energy research (2018)
Hume-Rothery Award (2013)
Sackler Fellow, IAS Tel Aviv University (2012)
Materials Theory Award of the MRS (2011)
Tomassoni award (2010)
Gutenberg Award, Mainz University (2009)
Bardeen Award of the TMS (2001)
Rahman Award of the APS (2001)
APS Fellow
MRS Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter theory of real materials
Institutions[Tel Aviv UniversityNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctoral advisorProf.J.Jortner and Prof.B.Englman Tel Aviv University
Other academic advisorsArthur J. Freeman
Marvin L. Cohen[1]
Websitewww.colorado.edu/rasei/alex-zunger-0
www.colorado.edu/faculty/zunger-matter-by-design/alex-zunger

Work and career edit

Zunger received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. education at Tel Aviv University in Israel and did his post-doctoral training at Northwestern University with Arthur J. Freeman and (as an IBM Fellow) at the University of California, Berkeley, working with Marvin L. Cohen.

Zunger's research field is the condensed matter theory of real materials. He developed pseudopotentials for first-principles electronic structure calculations within the framework of density functional theory (1977),[3] co-developed the momentum-space total-energy method with Marvin L. Cohen (1978),[4] co-developed what is now the most widely used exchange and correlation energy functional and the self-interaction correction with John Perdew (1981),[5] and developed a novel theoretical method for simultaneous relaxation of atomic positions and charge densities in self-consistent local-density approximation calculations (1983). In 1990, Zunger and colleagues at NREL proposed the special quasirandom structures approach[6] to generate disordered structures of solid-state materials, which has since become a community standard. He also developed novel methods for calculating the electronic properties of semiconductor quantum nanostructures.[7] These atomistic methods have enabled Zunger and his team to discover a range of many-body effects underlying the fundamental physics of the creation, multiplication, and annihilation of excitons.

His work has contributed greatly to the fundamental understanding of a wide range of materials phenomena in photovoltaic utilization of solar energy materials. The foundational methods he developed in the quantum theory of solids now form an essential integral part of the worldwide activities in the broad field of first-principles calculations of solid-state materials.

In recent years, Zunger has focused on developing methods for solving the inverse band structure problem, which was first proposed in 1999 by Franceschetti and Zunger in a publication in the journal Nature.[8] Their proposed approach involves the use of ideas from quantum mechanics as well as genetic algorithms to search for atomic configurations that have a desired target property.[9] Zunger advocates the goal to study real materials rather than their idealized version to achieve realistic prediction outcomes by computational methods, this would require proper theoretical account of disorder, doping, defects, etc.[10] This has been the direction throughout his and colleagues' works on the doping effects in quantum materials[11] and polymorphism in photovoltaic materials.[12]

Organizations and honors edit

In 1978, Zunger established NREL’s Solid-State Theory Group, which he headed until 2011. He has been an NREL Research Fellow, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and was the first director of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences “Center for Inverse Design”.[13] He has also trained 77 post-doctoral fellows. He is the recipient of the inaugural 2011 Materials Theory Award of the Materials Research Society (On the Inverse Band Structure method ), the Hume-Rothery Award of the TMS (on the foundational theory of alloys); the 2010 Tomassoni Prize and Science Medal of the Scola Physica Romana (for Density Functional advances), the 2009 Gutenberg Research Award from Johannes Gutenberg University (on highly correlated physics); the 2001 John Bardeen Prize from TMS (on spontaneous ordering in semiconductor alloys), and the 2001 Rahman Award of the American Physical Society (on the foundations of first-principles pseudopotentials, the total energy in momentum space and the LDA exchange-correlation functional). In 2011, he moved from NREL to the University of Colorado where he is working in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI).

Publications edit

 
Number of citations of Zunger by year

The impact of Zunger’s work is partially reflected by the very high number of citations his papers have received (over 113,000, according to the ISI Web of Science) and by his high “h-index” of 150 (i.e., 150 of his papers have been cited each at least 150 times).[14] He is the author of the fifth-most-cited paper in the 110-year history of Physical Review (out of over 350,000 articles published in that journal). The chart shows the number of citations to articles published by Zunger for each of the last 20 years.

References edit

  1. ^ "Physics - Alex Zunger". physics.aps.org. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  2. ^ Redner, Sidney (2005-06-01). "Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review". Physics Today. 58 (6): 49–54. arXiv:physics/0506056. Bibcode:2005PhT....58f..49R. doi:10.1063/1.1996475. ISSN 0031-9228.
  3. ^ Zunger, Alex; Freeman, A. J. (1977-09-15). "Ground- and excited-state properties of LiF in the local-density formalism". Physical Review B. 16 (6): 2901–2926. Bibcode:1977PhRvB..16.2901Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.16.2901.
  4. ^ Ihm, J; Zunger, A; Cohen, M L (1979-11-14). "Momentum-space formalism for the total energy of solids". Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics. 12 (21): 4409–4422. Bibcode:1979JPhC...12.4409I. doi:10.1088/0022-3719/12/21/009. ISSN 0022-3719.
  5. ^ Perdew, J. P.; Zunger, Alex (1981-05-15). "Self-interaction correction to density-functional approximations for many-electron systems". Physical Review B. 23 (10): 5048–5079. Bibcode:1981PhRvB..23.5048P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.23.5048.
  6. ^ Zunger, Alex; Wei, S.-H.; Ferreira, L. G.; Bernard, James E. (1990-07-16). "Special quasirandom structures". Physical Review Letters. 65 (3): 353–356. Bibcode:1990PhRvL..65..353Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.353. PMID 10042897.
  7. ^ Zunger, Alex (1998-02-01). "Electronic-Structure Theory of Semiconductor Quantum Dots". MRS Bulletin. 23 (2): 35–42. doi:10.1557/S0883769400031250. ISSN 1938-1425.
  8. ^ Franceschetti, Alberto; Zunger, Alex (1999-11-04). "The inverse band-structure problem of finding an atomic configuration with given electronic properties". Nature. 402 (6757): 60–63. Bibcode:1999Natur.402...60F. doi:10.1038/46995. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4425215.
  9. ^ Zunger, Alex (2018-03-29). "Inverse design in search of materials with target functionalities". Nature Reviews Chemistry. 2 (4): 1–16. doi:10.1038/s41570-018-0121. ISSN 2397-3358.
  10. ^ Zunger, Alex (2019-02-27). "Beware of plausible predictions of fantasy materials". Nature. 566 (7745): 447–449. Bibcode:2019Natur.566..447Z. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00676-y. PMID 30814720.
  11. ^ Zunger, Alex; Malyi, Oleksandr I. (2021-03-10). "Understanding Doping of Quantum Materials". Chemical Reviews. 121 (5): 3031–3060. arXiv:2011.13521. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00608. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 33481581. S2CID 227210193.
  12. ^ Zhao, Xin-Gang; Dalpian, Gustavo M.; Wang, Zhi; Zunger, Alex (2020-04-27). "Polymorphous nature of cubic halide perovskites". Physical Review B. 101 (15): 155137. arXiv:1905.09141. Bibcode:2020PhRvB.101o5137Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155137. S2CID 162168485.
  13. ^ "Center for Inverse Design Home Page". www.centerforinversedesign.org. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  14. ^ Alex Zunger publications indexed by Google Scholar

External links edit

  • Introduction to matter by design
  • APS 2001 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient
  • Tommasoni Awards 2010 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  • TMS Recipient: 2001 John Bardeen Award

January 01, 1970
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Alex Zunger is a theoretical physicist research professor at the University of Colorado Boulder He has authored more than 150 papers in Physical Review Letters and Physical Reviews B Rapid Communication has an h index over 150 number of citations over 113 000 Google Scholar He co authored one of the top five most cited papers ever to be published in the Physical Review family in its over 100 years history 2 Alex ZungerEducationTel Aviv University BSc MSc PhD Known forFoundational first principles theory of Electronic structure Inverse design of materialsAwardsBoer Medal for fundamental solar energy research 2018 Hume Rothery Award 2013 Sackler Fellow IAS Tel Aviv University 2012 Materials Theory Award of the MRS 2011 Tomassoni award 2010 Gutenberg Award Mainz University 2009 Bardeen Award of the TMS 2001 Rahman Award of the APS 2001 APS FellowMRS FellowScientific careerFieldsCondensed matter theory of real materialsInstitutions Tel Aviv UniversityNational Renewable Energy LaboratoryUniversity of Colorado BoulderDoctoral advisorProf J Jortner and Prof B Englman Tel Aviv UniversityOther academic advisorsArthur J FreemanMarvin L Cohen 1 Websitewww wbr colorado wbr edu wbr rasei wbr alex zunger 0 www wbr colorado wbr edu wbr faculty wbr zunger matter by design wbr alex zunger Contents 1 Work and career 2 Organizations and honors 3 Publications 4 References 5 External linksWork and career editZunger received his B Sc M Sc and Ph D education at Tel Aviv University in Israel and did his post doctoral training at Northwestern University with Arthur J Freeman and as an IBM Fellow at the University of California Berkeley working with Marvin L Cohen Zunger s research field is the condensed matter theory of real materials He developed pseudopotentials for first principles electronic structure calculations within the framework of density functional theory 1977 3 co developed the momentum space total energy method with Marvin L Cohen 1978 4 co developed what is now the most widely used exchange and correlation energy functional and the self interaction correction with John Perdew 1981 5 and developed a novel theoretical method for simultaneous relaxation of atomic positions and charge densities in self consistent local density approximation calculations 1983 In 1990 Zunger and colleagues at NREL proposed the special quasirandom structures approach 6 to generate disordered structures of solid state materials which has since become a community standard He also developed novel methods for calculating the electronic properties of semiconductor quantum nanostructures 7 These atomistic methods have enabled Zunger and his team to discover a range of many body effects underlying the fundamental physics of the creation multiplication and annihilation of excitons His work has contributed greatly to the fundamental understanding of a wide range of materials phenomena in photovoltaic utilization of solar energy materials The foundational methods he developed in the quantum theory of solids now form an essential integral part of the worldwide activities in the broad field of first principles calculations of solid state materials In recent years Zunger has focused on developing methods for solving the inverse band structure problem which was first proposed in 1999 by Franceschetti and Zunger in a publication in the journal Nature 8 Their proposed approach involves the use of ideas from quantum mechanics as well as genetic algorithms to search for atomic configurations that have a desired target property 9 Zunger advocates the goal to study real materials rather than their idealized version to achieve realistic prediction outcomes by computational methods this would require proper theoretical account of disorder doping defects etc 10 This has been the direction throughout his and colleagues works on the doping effects in quantum materials 11 and polymorphism in photovoltaic materials 12 Organizations and honors editIn 1978 Zunger established NREL s Solid State Theory Group which he headed until 2011 He has been an NREL Research Fellow is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was the first director of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Center for Inverse Design 13 He has also trained 77 post doctoral fellows He is the recipient of the inaugural 2011 Materials Theory Award of the Materials Research Society On the Inverse Band Structure method the Hume Rothery Award of the TMS on the foundational theory of alloys the 2010 Tomassoni Prize and Science Medal of the Scola Physica Romana for Density Functional advances the 2009 Gutenberg Research Award from Johannes Gutenberg University on highly correlated physics the 2001 John Bardeen Prize from TMS on spontaneous ordering in semiconductor alloys and the 2001 Rahman Award of the American Physical Society on the foundations of first principles pseudopotentials the total energy in momentum space and the LDA exchange correlation functional In 2011 he moved from NREL to the University of Colorado where he is working in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute RASEI Publications edit nbsp Number of citations of Zunger by year The impact of Zunger s work is partially reflected by the very high number of citations his papers have received over 113 000 according to the ISI Web of Science and by his high h index of 150 i e 150 of his papers have been cited each at least 150 times 14 He is the author of the fifth most cited paper in the 110 year history of Physical Review out of over 350 000 articles published in that journal The chart shows the number of citations to articles published by Zunger for each of the last 20 years References edit Physics Alex Zunger physics aps org Retrieved 2022 04 16 Redner Sidney 2005 06 01 Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review Physics Today 58 6 49 54 arXiv physics 0506056 Bibcode 2005PhT 58f 49R doi 10 1063 1 1996475 ISSN 0031 9228 Zunger Alex Freeman A J 1977 09 15 Ground and excited state properties of LiF in the local density formalism Physical Review B 16 6 2901 2926 Bibcode 1977PhRvB 16 2901Z doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 16 2901 Ihm J Zunger A Cohen M L 1979 11 14 Momentum space formalism for the total energy of solids Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics 12 21 4409 4422 Bibcode 1979JPhC 12 4409I doi 10 1088 0022 3719 12 21 009 ISSN 0022 3719 Perdew J P Zunger Alex 1981 05 15 Self interaction correction to density functional approximations for many electron systems Physical Review B 23 10 5048 5079 Bibcode 1981PhRvB 23 5048P doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 23 5048 Zunger Alex Wei S H Ferreira L G Bernard James E 1990 07 16 Special quasirandom structures Physical Review Letters 65 3 353 356 Bibcode 1990PhRvL 65 353Z doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 65 353 PMID 10042897 Zunger Alex 1998 02 01 Electronic Structure Theory of Semiconductor Quantum Dots MRS Bulletin 23 2 35 42 doi 10 1557 S0883769400031250 ISSN 1938 1425 Franceschetti Alberto Zunger Alex 1999 11 04 The inverse band structure problem of finding an atomic configuration with given electronic properties Nature 402 6757 60 63 Bibcode 1999Natur 402 60F doi 10 1038 46995 ISSN 1476 4687 S2CID 4425215 Zunger Alex 2018 03 29 Inverse design in search of materials with target functionalities Nature Reviews Chemistry 2 4 1 16 doi 10 1038 s41570 018 0121 ISSN 2397 3358 Zunger Alex 2019 02 27 Beware of plausible predictions of fantasy materials Nature 566 7745 447 449 Bibcode 2019Natur 566 447Z doi 10 1038 d41586 019 00676 y PMID 30814720 Zunger Alex Malyi Oleksandr I 2021 03 10 Understanding Doping of Quantum Materials Chemical Reviews 121 5 3031 3060 arXiv 2011 13521 doi 10 1021 acs chemrev 0c00608 ISSN 0009 2665 PMID 33481581 S2CID 227210193 Zhao Xin Gang Dalpian Gustavo M Wang Zhi Zunger Alex 2020 04 27 Polymorphous nature of cubic halide perovskites Physical Review B 101 15 155137 arXiv 1905 09141 Bibcode 2020PhRvB 101o5137Z doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 101 155137 S2CID 162168485 Center for Inverse Design Home Page www centerforinversedesign org Retrieved 2022 04 16 Alex Zunger publications indexed by Google ScholarExternal links editIntroduction to matter by design APS 2001 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient Tommasoni Awards 2010 Archived 2015 09 24 at the Wayback Machine Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz TMS Recipient 2001 John Bardeen Award Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alex Zunger amp oldid 1204264335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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