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
Open to collaboration
I am always open to new collaborations — academic projects as well as industry-facing and other external work. If our interests overlap, or you have a problem you think first-principles modelling could help with, get in touch at riccardo.reho@uni.lu.
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.