Vinayak S.

I am Vinayak S., a computational materials scientist from India with a dual master’s degree in Physics and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur.

During my studies and subsequent research experience, I have focused on density functional theory, atomistic simulations, and machine learning interatomic potentials, with the scope to combine these for multiscale materials modelling.

I am joining ORBIS as a doctoral candidate at SIMUNE for IRP15, supervised by Dr. Mónica García Mota. In this project, I will work on a user-friendly tight-binding DFT model and graphical tools that enable accelerated and efficient multiscale transport simulations of realistic material systems. I am especially motivated by the opportunity to contribute to methods and software that can be adopted by both experts and non-specialists for the exploration of diverse applications in this domain.

Through ORBIS, I look forward to collaborating closely with partners across the network; learning from different perspectives on quantum theory and spintronics as well as transport mechanisms; and gaining experience in both academic and industrial environments. In the long term, I hope to help shape the next generation of computational tools that make accurate materials simulations more accessible, transparent, and impactful for research and technology development.