Alena Lorenz

Alena Lorenz is a PhD student at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, affiliated with the Computational Quantum Materials group under the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. Her research focuses on numerical methods, particularly Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT), to study antiferromagnetism. She collaborates with Dr. Markus Wallerberger (TU Vienna) to optimize the w2dynamics computational package.

Education:

• 2020–2024: Master of Science in Physics, Technical University of Vienna (supervised by Prof. Karsten Held)
• 2024: Research Assistant at Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 2016–2020: Bachelor of Science in Physics, Technical University of Vienna

Research Interests:

• Developing advanced computational methods for quantum materials
• Understanding magnetic phenomena via DMFT
• Software optimization for materials simulations

Labs/Teams: Active member of the Computational Quantum Materials group led by the institute's faculty, contributing to interdisciplinary projects in theoretical condensed matter physics.