Niraj Aryal
Chiral Materials and Unconventional Superconductivity, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Bldg. 734, Room 272
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-7744
naryal@bnl.gov
I am a computational condensed matter physicist. I joined BNL as a research associate in Oct. 2019.
Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards
Expertise
- Density functional theory based methods and beyond
- Topology in condensed matter systems
- Quantum monte carlo methods
Research Activities
- Topological materials and topological phase transitions
- Dirac and Weyl materials and topological superconductivity
- Combining first-principles and effective Hamiltonian methods
- Computational materials design
- Machine learning
Education
Ph.D. in physics, Florida State University, 2013-2019
M.Sc. in Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2010-2012
B.Sc. in Physics with minor in mathematics and statistics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2006-2009
Professional Appointments
Staff Scientist, BNL, Nov. 2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate, BNL, Oct. 2019 - Oct. 2022
Selected Publications
- Aryal N, Jin X, Li Q, Tsvelik AM, Yin W (2021) Topological Phase Transition and Phonon-Space Dirac Topology Surfaces in ZrTe5. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.016401
- Rosenberg P, Aryal N, Manousakis E (2019) Numerically exact study of Weyl superconductivity. Physical Review B. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.100.104522
- Aryal N, Manousakis E (2019) Importance of electron correlations in understanding photoelectron spectroscopy and Weyl character of MoTe2. Physical Review B. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.99.035123
- Aryal N, Li Q, Tsvelik AM, Yin W (2022) Topological antiferromagnetic semimetal for spintronics: A case study of a layered square-net system
- Lozano PM, Cardoso G, Aryal N, et al (2022) Anomalous Hall effect at the Lifshitz transition in
Awards & Recognition
Yung Li Wang Award for excellence in research, Florida State University, 2019
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Bldg. 734, Room 272
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-7744
naryal@bnl.gov
