Our group members received multiple positions and work now in leading universities in the USA, Singapore, Italy, Poland, China, and India. One person obtained a permanent faculty position. 

John Joseph Marchetta, Research Assistant, Ensemble3, Poland, March 2024 - Seprember 2024

John has a strong educational background from Baylor University, University of Chicago, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His expertise spans early universe cosmology, string theory, and quantum field theory. John has received numerous honors and awards, including Baylor University’s Presidential Scholarship. He has contributed to significant projects in loop quantum cosmology and Casimir force calculations, with publications in respected journals. Following his academic achievements, John joined Polonez Bis project (with Dr. Mathias Boström as main supervisor and Dr. Oleksandr Malyi as co-supervisor) at Ensemble3. His primary focus within the group was on Casimir's theory.

Funding source: the position was founded within Polonez Bis project: 2022/47/P/ST3/01236

Project period: 2024-2025

Subhojit Pal, Research Assistant, Ensemble3, Poland, October 2023 - June 2024

Subhojit became a member of the Inverse Materials Design group, contributing to the Polonez Bis project (with Dr. Mathias Boström as principal supervisor and Dr. Oleksandr Malyi as co-supervisor). His primary focus within the group was on the theoretical aspects of Casimir's theory. During his time at the group, he contributed to multiple publications, including a first-author publication in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Following his progress, Subhojit joined a PhD program within Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions at the groups of Prof. Umberto de Giovannini (University of Palermo, Italy) and Prof Hannes Huebener (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany).

Funding source: the position was founded within Polonez Bis project: 2022/47/P/ST3/01236

Project period: 2024-2025

Harshan Reddy Gopidi, Research Assistant, Ensemble3, Poland, September 2022 - December 2023

Harshan earned his BS-MS dual degree in science from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Maharashtra, India, in 2022. Within the group, Harshan's primary focus was on the doping physics of quantum materials. His significant contributions to the field led to 9 publications in esteemed journals such as Physical Review B, Journal of Chemical Physics Letters, Applied Physics Letters, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, among others. A few more of his works are currently under different stages of consideration. He concentrated on developing a comprehensive understanding of the physics of gapped metals. In particular, he crafted post-process codes for band-filling correction and designed tools to analyze the properties of gapped metals. Alongside Lovelesh, he made notable contributions to the comprehension of the physics of noble gas defects in functional oxides. Following his progress, Harshan has joined a PhD program under the guidance of Prof. Pieremanuele Canepa at University of Houston, USA.

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023

Lovelesh, Research Assistant, Ensemble3, Poland, September 2022 - December 2023

Lovelesh received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Physics from Punjabi University, India and Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India, respectively. She joined the Inverse Material Design group in September 2022. In this group, she mainly worked with defect theory in functional oxides. For instance, she demonstrated the unique nature of noble gas defects and explained how they can affect materials properties and stability of other defects. Her research results were published in the Journal of Chemical Physics Letters. She also contributed to the understanding of post-process correction for defect calculations in solids, which resulted in two works that are currently under consideration in different journals. Following her work in the group, Lovelesh has joined a PhD program under the guidance of Prof. Xiaogang Liu’s group at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. 

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023

Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Postdoc, Ensemble3, Poland, October 2022 - November 2023

Rizwan received his Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in June 2022. After his Ph.D., he joined the Inverse Material Design group. His current research expertise is in the design of intrinsic transparent conductive oxides. In his work, in the group, he developed the electronic structure theory of gapped metals and defect theory in this type of quantum materials. The results of his work have been published in 5 publications in journals like Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Chemical Physics Letters, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. During his time in the group, he developed a SONATINA NCN research grant. While it was not funded, it became a critical step in his development as a scientist and contributed to his research. Following his progress, Rizwan moved to a postdoc position at the group of Prof. Xiaoguang Li, Shenzhen University, China.

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023

Dr. Asha Yadav, Postdoc, Ensemble3, Poland, August 2022 - November 2023

Asha earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, in April 2019. Before joining ENSEMBLE³ in August 2022, she held a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Technology Bombay, India. In the Inverse Materials Design group, her primary focus was on the physics of low-dimensional systems, emphasizing materials realization, doping, and optoelectronic properties. Her research findings were published in Matter and Cellulose. During her stay with the group, Asha developed a proposal for the SONATA NCN research grant. Although it did not receive funding, this effort was pivotal in her growth as a scientist and significantly contributed to her research. Following the postdoc position, Asha joined the postdoc position under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Giannozzi, University of Udine, Italy. 

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023 

Dr. Himanshu Joshi, Postdoc, Ensemble3, Poland, January 2023 - November 2023

After completing his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics in December 2018 from Mizoram University, Himanshu worked as a Research Associate in the Condensed Matter Theory Research Lab, Kurseong, India, and the Department of Physics, St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling, India. His focus was on spin and structural symmetry breaking in polymorphous materials. During his stay in the group, he tried to investigate symmetry breaking in YNiO3 and halide perovskites. Upon completing his position, Himanshu joined Shri Ramasamy Memorial(SRM) University Sikkim, India as an assistant professor. 

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023

Hasan Ali Poor, Research Assistant, Ensemble3, Poland, December 2022 - May 2023

Hassan received his master’s degree in Energy Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran. He joined the Inverse Material Design group at ENSEMBLE³ in December 2022. During his stay in the group, he tried to work with the design of materials for metal-ion batteries. He left the group in May 2023 to join Dr. Atsushi Nagai’s group at Ensemble3. 

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023

Dr. Mateusz Wlazło, Postdoc, Ensemble3, Poland, July 2022 - December 2022

Mateusz received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Warsaw in 2018. Before joining ENSEMBLE³ in July 2022, he conducted industrial research on thin film photovoltaic technology. Within the inverse materials design group, Mateusz focused on the computational description of the metal-insulator transition in quantum materials. His research findings were published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, where he detailed the impact of pressure on the electronic and magnetic properties of paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic YNiO3 phases. Additionally, he collaborated on research regarding the off-stoichiometric physics of gapped metals, which Rizwan and Harshan led. Mateusz departed from the group in December 2022 to join Dr. Magdalena Birowska at the University of Warsaw (as an intern/research visitor) and Dr. Atsushi Nagai’s group as a postdoc. Following this, he moved to Prof. Silvio Osella at CeNT, University of Warsaw.

Funding source: the position was founded within MAB/2020/14 International Research Agendas program, FNP

Project period: 2020-2023