We develop first-principles approaches to understand and predict how electronic states interact with lattice degrees of freedom in quantum materials. These interactions underlie phenomena such as carrier transport, optical response, polaron formation, and superconductivity.

Our broader goal is to establish microscopic design principles to guide the development of materials for electronics, energy conversion, information processing, and quantum technologies.

Recent news

• 2026-06-15 — It was a pleasure to participate in the 2026 School on Electron–Phonon Physics and Many-Body Perturbation Theory in Trieste. All lecture recordings and tutorial materials are now available on the school's [website]. In particular, the recording of the lecture on polarons can be accessed [here].

• 2025-12-05 — Our review article "Polarons from first principles" is now available as a preprint on arXiv. Feedback and comments from the community are welcome. [Preprint]

• 2025-08-28 — Honored to receive the Psi-k Volker Heine Early Career Investigator Award. [Psi-k announcement]