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
Areas of Expertise
Theoretical Physics
Computational Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Machine Learning
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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-377
Advanced Computational Physics
3 Credits
This course introduces students to advanced methods for using computers to model the behavior of physical systems. Topics will include numerical solutions to differential equations such as heat transfer, planetary motion, and shock waves, the Monte Carlo approach to problems with large domains, tradeoffs between efficiency and precision, minimization and maximization of functions, and the statistical modeling of data.
PHYS-498
Advanced Physics Independent Study
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.
PHYS-610
Mathematical Methods for Physics
3 Credits
This graduate-level course in mathematical physics covers partial differential equations, Bessel, Legendre and related functions, Fourier series and transforms.
PHYS-790
Graduate Research & Thesis
1 - 4 Credits
Graduate-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.