Tomás Arias

Tomás Arias is the James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University's Department of Physics. His research focuses on theoretical condensed-matter physics, particularly linking ab initio quantum mechanical descriptions of materials to their physical behavior. His work involves developing theoretical techniques and utilizing supercomputer architectures for large-scale quantum calculations, with applications in nanoscale systems, crystal growth, and solar cell technologies. Arias has mentored graduate students who typically publish three to four papers before graduation. He has held academic positions at MIT and Cornell University since 1999, and his research spans a wide range of interdisciplinary topics.

Tomás Alberto Arias is a Professor of Physics at Cornell University, specializing in Physics and Chemistry. His research focuses on computational methods for materials science, including ab initio total-energy calculations, density-functional theory, and electrochemistry. He develops algorithms for molecular dynamics, conjugate gradients, and joint density-functional theory to study nanoscale phenomena, such as nanocrystal surfaces, carbon nanotubes, and battery systems. His work explores electron-phonon scattering, electrocatalysis, and solid-liquid interphases for energy technologies. Arias also investigates the electronic structure of materials using wavelets and multiresolution analysis, contributing to the understanding of defects and strain in solids.