I am Mahdi

Proactive Professional

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate, working in the Computational Materials by Desing Lab,
Stony Brook Univerisy
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About Me

  • Name: M. Mahdi Davari Esfahani
  • School: Stony Brook University
  • Address: Stony Brook, NY USA
  • Phone: (862) 345-6949
  • Email: M.Davari[at]Mail.com

Objective

As a highly self-motivated individual with a solid background in computational sciences and programming, I believe I offer an essential combination of skills that would be of great benefit to the industry and academia. From the other side, any position that helps me to realize my abilities to conduct innovative research and become an outstanding scientist in the field of condensed matter physics and software development would be an excellent opportunity for me. I focus on using my interpersonal skills to build good user experience and create a keen interest in my employers. I hope to develop skills in dealing with big data and my knowledge of software development and become a real asset to the business. As an individual, I’m self-confident you’ll find me creative, funny, and naturally passionate. I’m a forward thinker, which others may find inspiring when working as a team.

What I Do ?

I have been working as a developer of novel methods for computational materials discovery, and apply them to a wide range of exciting scientific problems along with crystal chemistry approaches to study the fundamental properties of materials at the atomic scale. Our in-house developed code is integrated with various first-principles electronic structure packages. As a member of the Center for Materials by Design, my work broadly seeks to identify the compositions and atomic structural features that control the electronic properties of complex systems, including transition metal (oxy)nitrides, binary borides, high-temperature superconducting hydrides, etc.

  • First Principles Calculations
  • High-throughput Computing
  • Photo-catalytic Water Splitting
  • Crystal Structure Prediction
  • Superconductivity
  • High Pressure Physics/Chemistry

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Resume

Education

  • 2013-2017

    Doctor of philosophy

    Center for Materials by Design,
    Institute for Advanced Computational Science,
    Geosciences Dep., Stony Brook University, NY 11790
    Supervisor Prof. Artem R. Oganov

    During my PhD, I was part of a research team that developed a high-throughput (HT) computational framework for materials design that led to the discovery several novel superconducting materials and materials for energy applications.

  • 2010-2012

    Master of scince

    Condensed Matter Physics,
    Physics Dep., Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
    Supervisor Dr. Mojtaba Alaei

    During my masters, I worked on the optical properties of tungsten oxide clusters using time-dependent density functional theory.

  • 2005-2010

    BACHELOR DEGREE

    Condensed Matter Physics,
    Physics Dep., University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Experience

  • 2014-2017

    GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Stony Brook University, NY

  • 2013-2014

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Stony Brook University, NY

    Performed academic tutoring in GEO 112: Physical Geology Lab. Provided assistance to professors and students in GEO 105: Energy Resources for the 21st Century and GEO 102: The Earth.

  • 2013

    Fingerprint function

    Implementing a descriptor of structure

    Enabling quantification of energy landscapes of 2D materials.

  • 2013-2017

    Developer of the USPEX code

    for crystal structure prediction (∼ 3000 users)

    USPEX.stonybrook.edu/uspex.html

  • 2014-2017

    Ab initio design

    of inorganic materials with desired properties
  • 2014-2017

    Novel compounds under high pressure

    borides, hydrides, oxynitrides, etc

Skills

Computational Science

95%

Data Science

80%

Software Development

75%

HPC Administrator

90%

Web Server Administrator

85%

Web and Graphic Design

75%

More skills

python
Matlab
R
C++
Linux
JetBrain Suite

Works

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Germanium hydrides

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Superhard B6O

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Novel Tin Hydrides

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superhard B–C–O

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zirconium oxides

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Magnesium borides

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beryllium fluoride

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Novel Oxynitrides (in prep)

5

Years of Experience

8

Projects Done

7

Published papers

1

Awards Won





Get in touch

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Address/Street 100 Nicolls Rd,
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone Number (+1) (862) 345-6949
(+1) (631) 632-1449 (lab)