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PhD Computational Materials Scientist | DFT, Quantum Transport & AI-Driven Property Prediction.

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I am a computational physicist (PhD, 10 + years experience) specializing in first-principles simulations of materials and molecules. My core toolkit includes Density Functional Theory (VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, GPAW), Wannier90-based tight-binding extraction, and Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function (NEGF) methods for charge and spin transport. Professional highlights" Postdoctoral researcher (NIST & university labs) working on spin-orbitronics, optoelectric phenomena, and magnetic interfaces. 35 + peer-reviewed publications (npj Quantum Materials, PRB, ACS Nano, etc.) and > 1300 citations. Lead developer of “Multi-Material Lab”, a web-based DFT/NEGF platform used by academic and industrial groups for rapid prototyping of functional materials. Advanced HPC user: Local HPCs, and national supercomputing allocations; secured > 3 million core-hours for clients and collaborators. What I deliver on Kolabtree Turn-key DFT studies: geometry optimisation → electronic/phonon properties → concise report with raw outputs. Quantum transport simulations (NEGF, Landauer-Büttiker) for nano-devices and magnetic multilayers. Custom, version-controlled workflows (Jupyter/Python) that run on your cluster or the cloud with full reproducibility. Clear, publication-ready figures and methods sections. Let’s collaborate if you need a reliable ab-initio partner who can traverse physics, code, and high-performance computing to turn complex questions into decision-ready insights—on time and under NDA.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Electromagnetism
• ☆ Ferroelectricity & Ferromagnetism
• ☆ Quantum Mechanics
• ☆ Theoretical Physics
• ☆ Computational Physics
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Java

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Research Associate

NIST

July 2023 - Present

Postdoc

CSUN

October 2014 - July 2024

Lecturere

CSUN

August 2023 - January 2024

Education

PhD (Physics and Astronomy)

University of Delaware

August 2009 - July 2014

Certifications

• PhD

  University of Delaware

  September 2014 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Farzad Mahfouzi, Mark D. Stiles, Paul M. Haney (2025). Current-induced circular dichroism on metallic surfaces: A first-principles study . Physical Review B.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Nicholas Kioussis (2022). Bulk generalized Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in PT -symmetric antiferromagnets . Physical Review B.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Nicholas Kioussis (2022). Elastodynamically Induced Spin and Charge Pumping in Bulk Heavy Metals . Physical Review Letters.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Nicholas Kioussis (2021). First-principles calculation of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction: A Green's function approach . Physical Review B.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Maria Stamenova, Plamen Stamenov, Qilong Sun, Nicholas Kioussis, Stefano Sanvito (2021). Spin transfer torque in Mn3Ga -based ferrimagnetic tunnel junctions from first principles . Physical Review B.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Gregory P. Carman, Nicholas Kioussis (2020). Magnetoelastic and magnetostrictive properties of Co2XAl Heusler compounds . Physical Review B.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Rahul Mishra, Po-Hao Chang, Hyunsoo Yang, Nicholas Kioussis (2020). Microscopic origin of spin-orbit torque in ferromagnetic heterostructures: A first-principles approach . Physical Review B.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Rahul Mishra, Dushyant Kumar, Kaiming Cai, Mengji Chen, Xuepeng Qiu, Nicholas Kioussis, Hyunsoo Yang (2019). Electric-field control of spin accumulation direction for spin-orbit torques . Nature Communications.

Farzad Mahfouzi, Nicholas Kioussis(2018). First-principles study of the angular dependence of the spin-orbit torque in Pt/Co and Pd/Co bilayers . Physical Review B. 97. (22). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Maryam Soleimani, Seifollah Jalili(2017). Structural defects influence on the conductance of strained zigzag graphene nanoribbon . Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 93. p. 216--223. Elsevier {BV}

Farzad Mahfouzi, Nicholas Kioussis(2017). Current-induced damping of nanosized quantum moments in the presence of spin-orbit interaction . Physical Review B. 95. (18). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Jinwoong Kim, Nicholas Kioussis(2017). Intrinsic damping phenomena from quantum to classical magnets: An ab initio study of Gilbert damping in a Pt/Co bilayer . Physical Review B. 96. (21). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Nicholas Kioussis(2016). Ferromagnetic Damping/Anti-damping in a Periodic 2D Helical Surface; A Nonequilibrium Keldysh Green Function Approach . SPIN. 06. (02). p. 1640009. World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Farzad Mahfouzi, Branislav K. Nikolić, Nicholas Kioussis(2016). Antidamping spin-orbit torque driven by spin-flip reflection mechanism on the surface of a topological insulator: A time-dependent nonequilibrium Green function approach . Physical Review B. 93. (11). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Mahdi Jamali, Joon Sue Lee, Jong Seok Jeong, Yang Lv, Zhengyang Zhao, Branislav K. Nikolić, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Nitin Samarth, Jian-Ping Wang(2015). Giant Spin Pumping and Inverse Spin Hall Effect in the Presence of Surface and Bulk Spin−Orbit Coupling of Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 . Nano Letters. 15. (10). p. 7126--7132. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Naoto Nagaosa, Branislav K. Nikolić(2014). Spin-to-charge conversion in lateral and vertical topological-insulator/ferromagnet heterostructures with microwave-driven precessing magnetization . Physical Review B. 90. (11). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Branislav K. Nikolić(2014). Signatures of electron-magnon interaction in charge and spin currents through magnetic tunnel junctions: A nonequilibrium many-body perturbation theory approach . Physical Review B. 90. (4). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Po-Hao Chang, Naoto Nagaosa, Branislav K. Nikolić(2014). Spin-Seebeck effect on the surface of a topological insulator due to nonequilibrium spin-polarization parallel to the direction of thermally driven electronic transport . Physical Review B. 89. (19). American Physical Society ({APS})

Mahfouzi, F., Nagaosa, N., Nikolić, B.K.(2014). Spin-to-charge conversion in lateral and vertical topological-insulator/ferromagnet heterostructures with microwave-driven precessing magnetization . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 90. (11).

Mahfouzi, F., Nikolić, B.K.(2014). Signatures of electron-magnon interaction in charge and spin currents through magnetic tunnel junctions: A nonequilibrium many-body perturbation theory approach . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 90. (4).

Chang, P.-H., Mahfouzi, F., Nagaosa, N., Nikolić, B.K.(2014). Spin-Seebeck effect on the surface of a topological insulator due to nonequilibrium spin-polarization parallel to the direction of thermally driven electronic transport . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 89. (19).

FARZAD MAHFOUZI, BRANISLAV K. NIKOLIĆ(2013). HOW TO CONSTRUCT THE PROPER GAUGE-INVARIANT DENSITY MATRIX IN STEADY-STATE NONEQUILIBRIUM: APPLICATIONS TO SPIN-TRANSFER AND SPIN-ORBIT TORQUES . SPIN. 03. (02). p. 1330002. World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Farzad Mahfouzi, Son-Hsien Chen, Chien-Liang Chen, Ching-Ray Chang(2013). Spin-charge conversion in a multiterminal Aharonov-Casher ring coupled to precessing ferromagnets: A charge-conserving Floquet nonequilibrium Green function approach . Physical Review B. 87. (4). American Physical Society ({APS})

Chen, S.-H., Chen, C.-L., Chang, C.-R., Mahfouzi, F.(2013). Spin-charge conversion in a multiterminal Aharonov-Casher ring coupled to precessing ferromagnets: A charge-conserving Floquet nonequilibrium Green function approach . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 87. (4).

Farzad Mahfouzi, Naoto Nagaosa, Branislav K. Nikolić(2012). Spin-Orbit Coupling Induced Spin-Transfer Torque and Current Polarization in Topological-Insulator/Ferromagnet Vertical Heterostructures . Physical Review Letters. 109. (16). American Physical Society ({APS})

Farzad Mahfouzi, Jaroslav Fabian, Naoto Nagaosa, Branislav K. Nikolić(2012). Charge pumping by magnetization dynamics in magnetic and semimagnetic tunnel junctions with interfacial Rashba or bulk extrinsic spin-orbit coupling . Physical Review B. 85. (5). American Physical Society ({APS})

Mahfouzi, F., Fabian, J., Nagaosa, N., Nikolić, B.K.(2012). Charge pumping by magnetization dynamics in magnetic and semimagnetic tunnel junctions with interfacial Rashba or bulk extrinsic spin-orbit coupling . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 85. (5).

Mahfouzi, F., Nagaosa, N., Nikolić, B.K.(2012). Spin-orbit coupling induced spin-transfer torque and current polarization in topological-insulator/ferromagnet vertical heterostructures . Physical Review Letters. 109. (16).

Farzad Mahfouzi, Branislav K. Nikolić, Son-Hsien Chen, Ching-Ray Chang(2010). Microwave-driven ferromagnet–topological-insulator heterostructures: The prospect for giant spin battery effect and quantized charge pump devices . Physical Review B. 82. (19). American Physical Society ({APS})

Mahfouzi, F., Nikolić, B.K., Chen, S.-H., Chang, C.-R.(2010). Microwave-driven ferromagnet-topological-insulator heterostructures: The prospect for giant spin battery effect and quantized charge pump devices . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 82. (19).

Yu. M. Shukrinov, F. Mahfouzi, M. Suzuki(2008). Structure of the breakpoint region on current-voltage characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Physical Review B. 78. (13). American Physical Society ({APS})

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2008). Breakpoint region in the IV-characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 97. (1).

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F., Suzuki, M.(2008). Structure of the breakpoint region on current-voltage characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 78. (13).

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2008). New features in collective dynamics of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 69. (12). p. 3205-3207.

Yu. M. Shukrinov, F. Mahfouzi(2007). Influence of Coupling between Junctions on Breakpoint Current in Intrinsic Josephson Junctions . Physical Review Letters. 98. (15). American Physical Society ({APS})

Yu. M. Shukrinov, F. Mahfouzi, N. F. Pedersen(2007). Investigation of the breakpoint region in stacks with a finite number of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Physical Review B. 75. (10). American Physical Society ({APS})

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F., Seidel, P.(2007). Branch structure of IV-characteristics in the capacitively coupled Josephson junctions model with the diffusion current . Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. 460-462 II. (SPEC. ISS.). p. 1301-1302.

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2007). Current-voltage characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions with charge-imbalance effect . Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. 460-462 II. (SPEC. ISS.). p. 1303-1304.

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2007). Influence of coupling between junctions on breakpoint current in intrinsic Josephson junctions . Physical Review Letters. 98. (15).

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F., Pedersen, N.F.(2007). Investigation of the breakpoint region in stacks with a finite number of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 75. (10).

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2007). Branching in current-voltage characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Superconductor Science and Technology. 20. (2).

Yu M Shukrinov, F Mahfouzi(2006). Branching in current–voltage characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions . Superconductor Science and Technology. 20. (2). p. S38--S42. {IOP} Publishing

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2006). Collective dynamics of intrinsic Josephson junctions in HTSC . Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 43. (1). p. 1143-1146.

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F.(2006). Influence of coupling parameter on current-voltage characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions in high-Tc superconductors . Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. 434. (1). p. 6-12.

Shukrinov, Yu.M., Mahfouzi, F., Seidel, P.(2006). Equidistance of branch structure in capacitively coupled Josephson junctions model with diffusion current . Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. 449. (1). p. 62-66.