Renata Wentzcovitch

Renata M. M. Wentzcovitch is a condensed matter physicist, known for her work on simulating materials at the quantum-mechanical level, including participating in the Quantum ESPRESSO project. Her work has focused mainly on materials at extreme pressure and temperature conditions typical of planetary interiors. She is a professor of material science and applied physics and of earth and environmental science at Columbia University.[1]

Renata M. M. Wentzcovitch
NationalityBrazilian, American, Italian
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
OccupationCondensed matter physicist
EmployerColumbia University

Wentzcovitch has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the Columbia University faculty, she worked at the University of Minnesota. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[1] and in 2013 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]

References
  1. Renata M. M. Wentzcovitch, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, 4 April 2017, retrieved 2019-05-09
  2. Renata M. M. Wentzcovitch, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, retrieved 2019-05-09
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