Many-body theories, Greens functions, Density functional theory, Theory of magnetism
First-principles calculations of ground-state and finite-temperature properties, phase stabilities, local and extended defects (e.g., stacking fault energies)
Magnetism, (Quantum) Monte Carlo methods, Heisenberg models, Magnons, Magnon-phonon interactions, magnetic entropies
Steels, high entropy alloys and materials for magnetic applications
Vita
01/2018 - Present Group Leader & Lecturer, TU Delft, The Netherlands
05/2017 - Present Project Group Leader 'Complex Concentrated Alloys' (MPIE)
05/2015 - 04/2017 DFG Fellowship, TU Delft, The Netherlands
05/2011 - 04/2015 Postdoc at MPIE Düsseldorf
09/2012 - 12/2012 Visiting researcher at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA