Hyowon Park

Email Address: hyowon@uic.edu
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences Department: Physics
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: SES 2376 Phone: 312-996-8913
Webpage: http://phys.uic.edu/physics/people/faculty-and-instructors/hyowon-park
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

Research Interest:
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.
Quantum and statistical mechanics in solid-states.
Numerical simulation of strongly correlated electron system.
Electronic structure calculation of complex materials.
Density functional theory.
Dynamical mean field theory.

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 3

Qualifications of a Student:
prerequisite classes: Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Solid-state physics
preferred major: Physics

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
Students will learn basic scientific coding techniques using the Python programming language.
He or she will run modern scientific simulation packages or code a Python script to study and understand novel quantum properties in complex solids.
A specific topic can be determined after the discussion with students.

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