Structure and Dynamics

STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS GROUP
Program Coordinator: Francis Norman C. Paraan, Ph.D.

The Structure and Dynamics Group (SanD) trains students to do research using numerical modeling and theoretical techniques to solve a wide range of problems in computational physics, solid state physics, and many-body physics. SanD focuses on the basic physics principles of how a system’s structure affects its dynamical behavior. For instance, SanD researchers investigate the effects of spin-orbit coupling and disorder in two-dimensional electron systems and the interplay between spin fluctuations, quantum correlations, and entanglement in magnetic lattices. Computational physics problems include spatio-temporal modeling of biological processes, quantum search algorithms, density matrix renormalization group methods, molecular dynamics, machine learning, and first-principles material science simulations.

Senior Members:

Francis Norman C. Paraan – Professor
(Stochastic Processes, Entanglement and 1–D Models)

Cristine DLR. Villagonzalo – Professor
(Theoretical Solid State Physics)

Ronald S. Banzon – Associate Professor
(Computational Physics)

Noel M. Lamsen – Associate Professor
(Statistical Physics and Critical Phenomena)

Gennevieve M. Macam – Associate Professor
(Computational Materials Physics)

Visit for more information: http://sand.nip.upd.edu.ph/