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Prof. Pei-Hong Zhang
Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Email: pzhang3@buffalo.edu |
Abstract: Quantitative understanding of electronic excitations in semiconductors has been and still is a central topic of condensed matter theory because of its fundamental and technological importance. With the advent of modern electronic structure methods that include electron-electron and electron-hole interactions from first-principles, theory is now used to predict and accurately compare with experiment excited-state properties of semiconductors and insulators without any adjustable parameters. In this talk, I will discuss some recent development in understanding electronic excitations in solids from first-principles.
About the Speaker: Dr. Peihong Zhang received his M.S. degree from Institute of Physics, CAS in 1996 and his Ph.D. degree from Pennsylvania State University in 2001. Upon graduation, he joined the Corporate Research, Corning Incorporated as a research scientist. He then moved to UC Berkeley to assume a postdoctoral researcher position in 2003. He joined the faculty of the Physics Department, University at Buffalo, SUNY in 2005. He was promoted to tenured Associate Professor of Physics in 2011. Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on understanding and predicting materials properties from first-principles, with emphases on nanostructures and other novel materials, correlated oxides, computational materials design, and development of new theoretical and computational techniques.
Date&Time: December 5, 2012 (Wednesday), 15:00–16:00
Location: 606 Conference Room
