Regular biography
Sohrab Ismail-Beigi is the Strathcona Professor of Applied Physics and Chair of Applied Physics at Yale University's Department of Physics. His research focuses on condensed matter physics, particularly the study of condensed matter systems using first principles or ab initio methods. His work involves solving the quantum mechanical many-body problem of interacting electrons and ions with minimal approximations. Research areas include transition metal oxide interfaces, semiconductor-oxide interfaces, nanomaterials, and many-body Green’s function methods. His group also develops software for parallel GW calculations. Ismail-Beigi's research has been published in leading journals such as Physical Review Letters and Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Scholar-generated biography
Sohrab Ismail-Beigi is a researcher at Yale University specializing in condensed matter theory, electronic structure, materials physics, and materials chemistry. His work focuses on the theoretical investigation of electronic properties of nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes, boron nanotubes, and borophene. He explores excitonic effects, optical spectra, and electronic band gaps in semiconducting systems. His research also includes the study of dislocations in transition metals and the development of new computational methods for density functional calculations. Ismail-Beigi's contributions span both fundamental theory and applied materials science, with an emphasis on understanding and designing novel materials for advanced technological applications.