Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories
(December 2025) Is it possible to automate the discovery of Wannier obstructions and the invariants that classify these obstructions, even in aperiodic materials where band theory cannot be applied using multi-operator pseudospectral methods? Can these same methods provide a real-space framework for the quantum geometric tensor?
Over the past two decades, topological phenomena have emerged as a central theme in physical systems and materials research. However, these phenomena are almost always understood in terms of a system's global, bulk properties. The goal of this project is to develop local, real-space methods for understanding material properties. Within this broad goal, the scope of this project is open to being defined by the successful candidate.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please do not hesitate to reach out; being a postdoc at Sandia has some significant benefits, and this position is entirely dedicated to fundamental science and mathematics with plenty of room for intellectual freedom.
You can apply on Sandia's website.
(Note, this position is available to US citizens and non-citizens alike. The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies hosts a vibrant and diverse group of scientists from all over the globe.)
Alexander Cerjan
Stephan Manua Wong, 2022-present.
Ki Young Lee, 2024-present.
Hyosim Yang, 2025-present.
José Garcia (Univ. New Mexico, primary advisor Terry Loring), 2022-present.
Chris Bairnsfather (Purdue Univ., primary advisor Ralph Kaufmann), 2024-present.
Olivia Hilton (Florida A&M Univ.), 2025-present.
Sarah Dubuisson (Florida A&M Univ.), 2025-present.
Xingwei Gao, Graduate student 2024-2025 (Univ. Southern Calif., former primary advisor Chia Wei Hsu), now a postdoc at UT Austin.
Hao He, Graduate student 2024-2025 (Univ. Southern Calif., former primary advisor Chia Wei Hsu), now at Yale to complete their PhD.
Kahlil Yusef Dixon-Whyte, Postdoc 2021-2023, now at Northrop Grumman.
Dominic Cordova, Undergraduate 2023, now at mathematics graduate school at Purdue University.