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Professor Sobhit Singh is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester. He earned his PhD in Physics from West Virginia University in 2018 with the prestigious Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Rutgers University, he joined the University of Rochester in 2022. His research focuses on theoretical investigations of novel quantum materials, including polar metals, ferroelectrics, and 2D materials, with an emphasis on understanding structure-property relationships for practical applications. He collaborates extensively with experimentalists to interpret complex material behaviors.
- Education: B.Sc. (2011) and M.Sc. (2013) in India; PhD in Physics (2018), West Virginia University.
Research interests span theoretical condensed matter physics, density-functional theory, magnetism, and superconductivity. His group develops computational tools like MechElastic for analyzing material properties. Key achievements include predicting high-temperature superconductivity in monolayer Mg2B4C2 and uncovering ferroelectric properties in HfO2. His work has been highlighted in Nature Materials and media outlets like EurekAlert!.
Notable awards include the Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship. His research group actively explores strain engineering, topological phases, and machine learning for material design.
