New course: EPS 109 "Computer Simulations in Earth and Planetary Sciences"

Research interests: Computer simulations of planetary interiors

• Mineral physics
• Modeling of interiors of giant planets
• Simulation of hydrogen-helium mixtures at high pressure
  
• Equation of state calculation of crystalline and fluid materials
  
• First-principles simulation methods:
• Quantum Monte Carlo simulations
  
• Density functional calculations
• Path integral Monte Carlo
• Understanding planetary formation processes.