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Ritwik Das

Theoretical and computational physicist.
AI/ML and finance enthusiast

I study point defects in two-dimensional materials with first-principles theory and machine learning.

Researcher at Department of Physics
École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris
LPENS, CNRS, Université PSL, Paris 75005, France

What I am working on

At LPENS I model how point defects in hexagonal boron nitride trap and release charge, and how light changes that behaviour. The tools are density functional theory, GW and Bethe-Salpeter calculations, machine-learning interatomic potentials and molecular dynamics.

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