Symposium 2024

General Information

This is a one-day Scientific Symposium in honor of Professor Steven G. Louie’s 75th birthday. The Symposium will take place on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the University of California, Berkeley, and focus on forefront research topics in the fields of condensed matter physics and materials science, to which Professor Louie has made lasting contributions. The Symposium will begin in the morning and consist of a full day of invited talks by renowned scientists around the world, as well as poster sessions, followed by dinner and discussion in the evening. We are expecting attendance of more than 150 scientists.

For questions or concerns, contact local organizers: Maria Feng, mariafeng@berkeley.edu, and Mit H. Naik, mitn@berkeley.edu

Video compilation wishing Steve a Happy 75th Birthday

Symposium pictures: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMjBrxJBQM-99Su1c2onNM8VV-c3vax7zN2tXceIBsABxvSp0w-21fk7DoNFZrqkg?key=TTd5d3hoaGlLdkRZR3JlbjZsdjFZbXVnMWxEYWxR

Group picture.

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Registration

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Symposium Venue

The Symposium will be held at Physics North Lecture Hall 1 in the Department of Physics located behind the Campanile (watch tower) on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley (Map).

Organizing Committee

Diana Y. Qiu, Zhenglu Li, Felipe H. da Jornada, Jack Deslippe, Mit H. Naik, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Angel Rubio, Young-Woo Son, Li Yang, Maria Feng

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Program

MORNING SESSIONS

8:00 – 8:30 AM: Registration and Breakfast in Room 375, Physics North Hall.

The doors to the physics department are kept locked on weekends. Please send a text message to the organizers if you are unable to enter the building: Maria (+1 415 724 9143), Zhenglu (+1 510 520 6578) or Mit (+1 530 407 8091)

Welcome Session

Location: Room 1, Physics North Hall

8:30-8:40 AM	Diana Y. Qiu (Yale University) Introduction Remarks/Logistics
8:40-8:50 AM	Jeffrey B. Neaton (University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Welcoming Remarks

8:50-9:10 AM	Allan H. MacDonald (University of Texas, Austin) Intra-Band Excitons in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides MoiréFractional Chern Insulators
9:10-9:30 AM	Hyoung Joon Choi (Yonsei University) Electronic and Phononic Structures of Twisted Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
9:30-9:50 AM	Feng Wang (University of California, Berkeley) Explore exciton physics in low dimensional materials
9:50-10:10 AM	Ting Cao (University of Washington) New Theoretical Insights into MoiréSolids from Machine Learning

Coffee Break and Symposium Photo (10:10-10:40 AM)

10:40-11:00 AM	Feliciano Giustino (University of Texas, Austin) Self-Trapped Excitons from First Principles, Without Supercells
11:00-11:20 AM	Cheol-Hwan Park (Seoul National University) Phonon-assisted optical absorption and phonon-boosted electronic transport
11:20-11:40 AM	Marina Filip (Oxford University) Phonon Screening of Excitons in Semiconductors and Insulators
11:40-12:00 PM	Emmanouil Kioupakis (University of Michigan) Title: TBD

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Lunch and Poster Session: 12:00-2:00 PM

Location: 375 Physics North (same building).

2:00-2:20 PM	Zhi-Xun Shen (Stanford University) Surprises from Electron Doped Cuprates: New Insights into Persistent Challenges in High-Temperature Superconductors
2:20-2:40 PM	Yuanbo Zhang (Fudan University) Dimensionality-Driven Metal to Mott Insulator Transition in Two-Dimensional 1T- TaSe2
2:40-3:00 PM	Sangkook Choi (Korea Institute for Advanced Study) Ab initio Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Methodologies for Correlated Quantum Materials
3:00-3:20 PM	Li Yang (Washington University in St. Louis) Search for Enhanced Magnetoelectric Coupling in Two-Dimensional Multiferroic Heterostructures

Coffee Break (3:20-3:50 PM)

3:50-4:10 PM	Nicola Marzari (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Paul Scherrer Institut) Spectral Properties from Spectral Functionals
4:10-4:30 PM	Su Ying Quek (National University of Singapore) A Journey of Discovery with the Ab Initio GW and GW-Bethe-Salpeter Equation Approaches
4:30-4:50 PM	Yang-Hao Chan (Academia Sinica) Time-Dependent Adiabatic GW Approach: Applications and New Developments
4:50-5:10 PM	Yoshiyuki Miyamoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) Real Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Approach on Defect Dynamics in Diamond Induced by Femtosecond Laser

Closing Remarks

5:10-5:15 PM

Steven G. Louie (University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

EVENING SESSIONS

The full program with abstracts is available here: