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Nicola Lanata

Assistant Professor

School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science

585-475-5665
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Nicola Lanata

Assistant Professor

School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science

Bio

I am a physicist with a PhD in “Theory and Numerical Simulation in Condensed Matter Systems” from the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS) in Italy. I have held several research positions, including a “Dirac Fellowship” at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and assistant professor positions at Aarhus University in Denmark and NORDITA in Sweden. Currently, I am a tenure-track assistant professor at the RIT Department of Physics and Astronomy and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) in New York.

My research interests lie in the study of the quantum-mechanical properties of strongly correlated materials, such as their electronic structure, energy, chemical, and spectral properties. I utilize many-body techniques and machine-learning methods to model and simulate these properties in a more accurate and efficient manner. My goal is to make ab-initio modeling and theory-driven design of strongly correlated materials accessible to various disciplines including condensed matter physics, materials science, chemistry, and biochemistry.

585-475-5665

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Journal Paper
Lee, Tsung-Han, Nicola Lanatà, and Gabriel Kotliar. "Accuracy of ghost rotationally invariant slave-boson and dynamical mean field theory as a function of the impurity-model bath size." Phys. Rev. B (Letter) 107. (2023): L121104. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola. "Derivation of the ghost Gutzwiller approximation from quantum embedding principles: Ghost density matrix embedding theory." Phys. Rev. B 108. (2023): 235112. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Efficient implementation of the Gutzwiller variational method." Phys. Rev. B 85. (2012): 35133. Print.
Jones, Alfred J. H., et al. "Observation of Electrically Tunable van Hove Singularities in Twisted Bilayer Graphene from NanoARPES." Adv. Mater. 32. (2020): 2001656. Print.
Jones, Alfred J. H., et al. "Visualizing band structure hybridization and superlattice effects in twisted MoS2/WS2 heterobilayers." 2D Mater. 9. (2022): 15032. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola. "Operatorial formulation of the ghost rotationally invariant slave-boson theory." Phys. Rev. B 105. (2022): 45111. Print.
Chikina, Alla, et al. "One-dimensional electronic states in a natural misfit structure." Phys. Rev. Materials 6. (2022): L092001. Print.
Rogers, John, et al. "Bypassing the computational bottleneck of quantum-embedding theories for strong electron correlations with machine learning." Phys. Rev. Research 3. (2021): 13101. Print.
Biswas, Deepnarayan, et al. "Ultrafast triggering of insulator-metal transition in two-dimensional VSe2." Nano Lett. 21. (2021): 1968. Print.
Kamber, Umut, et al. "Moiré induced electronic structure in monolayer V2S3 on Au(111)." Phys. Rev. B 103. (2021): 115414. Print.
Holt, Ann Julie U., et al. "Electronic properties of single-layer CoO2/Au(111)." 2D Mater. 8. (2021): 35050. Print.
Majchrzak, Paulina, et al. "Switching of the electron-phonon interaction in 1T-VSe2 assisted by hot carriers." Phys. Rev. B (Letter) 103. (2021): L241108. Print.
Frank, Marius S., et al. "Quantum embedding description of the Anderson lattice model with the ghost Gutzwiller approximation." Phys. Rev. B (Letter) 104. (2021): L081103. Print.
Curcio, Davide, et al. "Ultrafast electronic linewidth broadening in the C 1 s core level of graphene." Phys. Rev. B (Letter) 104. (2021): L161104. Print.
Lee, Tsung-Han, et al. "Efficient Slave-Boson Approach for Multiorbital Two-Particle Response Functions and Superconductivity." Phys. Rev. X 11. (2021): 41040. Web.
Goldstein, Garry, Nicola Lanatà, and Gabriel Kotliar. "Extending the Gutzwiller approximation to intersite interactions." Phys. Rev. B 102. (2020): 45152. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola. "Local bottom-up effective theory of nonlocal electronic interactions." Phys. Rev. B 102. (2020): 115115. Print.
Lee, Tsung-Han, et al. "Rotationally invariant slave-boson and density matrix embedding theory: A unified framework and a comparative study on the 1D and 2D Hubbard Model." Phys. Rev. B 99. (2019): 115129. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Connection between Mott physics and crystal structure in a series of transition metal binary compounds." NPJ Comput. Mater. 5. (2019): 30. Print.
Cross, Justin N., et al. "Origins of the Odd Optical Observables in Plutonium and Americium Tungstates." Chem. Sci. 10. (2019): 6508. Print.
Rostami, Habib, et al. "Layer and orbital interference effects in photoemission from transition metal dichalcogenides." Phys. Rev. B 100. (2019): 235423. Print.
Volckaert, Klara, et al. "Momentum-resolved linear dichroism in bilayer MoS2." Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications) 100. (2019): 241406. Print.
Galley, Shane S., et al. "Uncovering the Origin of Divergence in the CsM(CrO4)2 (M = La ‒ Sm; Am) Family through the Chemical Bonding in a Molecular Cluster and by Band Structure Analysis." J. Am. Chem. Soc. (JACS) 140. (2018): 1674-1685. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Slave Boson Theory of Orbital Differentiation with Crystal Field Effects: Application to UO2." Phys. Rev. Lett. 118. (2017): 126401. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Emergent Bloch Excitations in Mott Matter." Phys. Rev. B 96. (2017): 195126. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Gutzwiller Renormalization Group." Phys. Rev. B 93. (2016): 45103. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Phase Diagram and Electronic Structure of Praseodymium and Plutonium." Phys. Rev. X 5. (2015): 11008. Web.
Lanatà, Nicola, Xiaoyu Deng, and Gabriel Kotliar. "Finite-Temperature Gutzwiller Approximation from Time-Dependent Variational Principle." Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications) 92. (2015): 081108(R). Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Principle of Maximum Entanglement Entropy and local physics of Strongly Correlated Materials." Phys. Rev. Lett. 113. (2014): 36402. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Interplay of spin-orbit and entropic effects in Cerium." Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications) 90. (2014): 161104(R). Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Orbital Selectivity in Hund's metals: The Iron Chalcogenides." Phys. Rev. B 87. (2013): 45122. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola, et al. "Gamma-alpha isostructural Transition in Cerium." Phys. Rev. Lett. 111. (2013): 196801. Print.
Lanatà, Nicola and Hugo U. R. Strand. "Time-dependent and steady-state Gutzwiller approach for nonequilibrium transport in nanostructures." Phys. Rev. B 86. (2012): 115310. Print.

Currently Teaching

PHYS-320
3 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the mathematical tools needed to solve intermediate and upper-level physics problems. Topics include matrix algebra, vector calculus, Fourier analysis, partial differential equations in rectangular coordinates, and an introduction to series solutions of ordinary differential equations.
PHYS-498
1 - 3 Credits
This course is a faculty-directed tutorial of appropriate topics that are not part of the formal curriculum. The level of study is appropriate for student in their final two years of study.