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Gaurav Harsha
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Michigan
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Excited to share our new preprint “Discovering topological phases in gray-Tin.”

We uncover known and new topological (and trivial) phases in α-Sn using relativistic GW theory and introduce new topological diagnostics for correlated methods.

Grateful to all my collaborators to make this possible.
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Are you looking for an exciting project to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules?

We have an postdoctoral opening at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Deadline 15-Dec-25.

Find out more at www.hughburton.com

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Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry at UCL
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December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Attended the OpenACC #OpenHackathon last week, hosted by
@taccutexas.bsky.social!

Our team The Self-Energized boosted GPU performance of green-phys.org, our first-principles materials code, by 20% 🚀

Thanks to mentors from NVIDIA and @berkeleylab.lbl.gov for the collaboration!
Green - Green's Function Based Ab Initio Simulation Package
Many-body framework for real materials simulation
green-phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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arxiv.org/abs/2507.02160 #compchem
Fully Analytic Nuclear Gradients for the Bethe--Salpeter Equation
The Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) formalism, combined with the $GW$ approximation for ionization energies and electron affinities, is emerging as an efficient and accurate method for predicting optica...
arxiv.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
gauravharsha.bsky.social
Has scientific progress slowed? Dirac said in 1929 that “all the laws for most of chemistry are known.” Yet it took nearly a century of hard work to describe quantum materials well enough to design batteries, solar cells, and electronics. Incremental progress matters. Nice blogpost by Doug.
July 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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That feeling when you do all this work for this ONE piece of data for your story and the results don’t exactly fit the way you want it to…🧪🧫
Tetris game depicting that many things in life don’t work out as you envision. Sometimes the data from experiments don’t fit perfectly with your story.
June 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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“The problem is that in quantum mechanics it is almost impossible . . . to say what you mean, or perhaps even to know what you mean, because you are dealing with concepts that defy language.” - @philipcball.bsky.social , Beyond Weird (2018) [1/n]

physicsworld.com/a/the-quantu...
The quantum Zeno effect: how the ‘measurement problem’ went from philosophers’ paradox to physicists’ toolbox – Physics World
A stand-out example of quantum weirdness is turning out to be surprisingly useful, as Margaret Harris explains
physicsworld.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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appreciatingtheordinary.substack.com/p/chasing-pr...

#quantum #IYQ2025 #science #physics #nature #history #IYQ
April 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🧪⚛️ This is coming, science folks. NSF, NIH, DOE, presumably DOD. I don't know which/how many program officers and staff at these agencies are considered "essential" during short government shutdowns.
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · Feb 26
Bloomberg reporting White House plans "large-scale reductions in force" with agencies instructed to "eliminate any job functions not specifically required by law".
(Bloomberg) -- The White House told federal agencies to submit plans by March 13 for “large-scale reductions in force,” the first phase of an effort to drastically reduce the size of the US government. The two-phase plan would also require agencies to overhaul their organizational charts by April 14 — and submit proposals to move offices out of Washington and into “less costly parts of the country.” In total, the order lays the groundwork for what could be the most significant cuts of President Donald Trump’s second term.  The directive came via a memo Wednesday from Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought and the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, Charles Ezell. Teams from billionaire adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at each agency would help execute the plans.  The memo didn’t provide any specific targets for job cuts, but said the “starting point” for the plans should be workers deemed non-essential during a government shutdown. About four in 10 federal employees have been historically furloughed when Congress fails to appropriate money for continued operations, with the remainder expected to work without pay until lawmakers approve new funding.  That means the looming deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill could be a key first test for federal employees. The government will shut down after March 14 — the day after agency reorganization plans are due — if Congress doesn’t approve new funding.
February 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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royalsociety.org
Science advances our economic, physical, and social and cultural wellbeing, and is key to a sustainable future. However, we live in times of great change, and the values that have driven science for the benefit of humanity are under threat. Read our statement here: royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...
Science under threat | Royal Society
The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM