Research Interests

Theoretical condensed-matter physics, quantum simulation, superconductivity and magnetism, disordered systems.

Career History

• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987-88
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1988-1989
• Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis, 1989-1993
• Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis, 1993-1997
• Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis, 1997-Present
• Vice Chairman, Physics Department, University of California, Davis, 1998-2003
• Project Coordinator, DOE Computational Materials Science Network, 2003-2006
• ``Predictive Capability for Strongly Correlated Electron Materials''

Honors

• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1983
• David Saxon Award, 1983
• Dupont Fellowship, 1982