I develop and apply ab initio many-body methods to predict the electronic and optical properties of quantum materials. My work spans excitons in van der Waals heterostructures, real-time photoluminescence, and density functional theory for superconductors — combining theory development with implementations in the Yambo and SIESTA codes.
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What I work on
Theoretical spectroscopy
Excitons, absorption and photoluminescence in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides and topological insulators, from first principles.
Superconductivity
Density functional Bogoliubov–de Gennes theory for conventional and unconventional superconductors, implemented in SIESTA.
Topology & geometry
Berry curvature, Chern numbers and the geometric origin of optical response in layered materials.
Currently
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of Luxembourg
- PhD in Physics, Utrecht University, 2020–2025 — supervisor Zeila Zanolli
- Developer on the Yambo/yambopy and SIESTA ecosystems
Working together
I am always eager to work together on interesting problems — implementing a model from a paper, diagnosing a GW/BSE calculation that misbehaves, or making sense of simulation and experimental results. Academic collaborations and external projects alike.
Recent
- Proximity-induced superconductivity in PbTe/Pb heterostructures from first principles — Phys. Rev. B 113 (2026). See all publications
- Invited talk at MRS Fall Meeting 2025, Warsaw. See all talks
- Finalist, CECI Award, PSI-K 2025, Lausanne.