Carved a Pumpkin? Seed the Possibilities!
This is a quick and simple recipe to roast pumpkin seeds.
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I’m Uthpala, a postdoc in the Ab-Initio Materials Simulations (AIMS) group at Duke University. As a computational physicist, I currently focus on developing computational methods and frameworks to design, discover and characterize novel materials.
This website serves as my digital corner in cyberspace where I share insights and musings about my research and other interests through my blog. You can explore a list of my publications derived from my research endeavors and a portfolio of projects I have contributed to. For an in-depth overview of my professional journey, please refer to my resume. Learn about the talks I’ve given over the years and check out the about page for a more personal glimpse into my life and passions.
I invite you to browse, read, and interact. Whether it’s a thoughtful comment on a blog post or a question about my research, I would love to hear from you!
Recent Posts
Embedding a video gallery in Jekyll websites
A simple tutorial on embedding a video gallery in a Minimal Mistakes themed Jekyll website.
Atomate2 workflows for FHI-aims
This brief tutorial provides an introduction to using Atomate2 to set up DFT workflows with the FHI-aims code.
Cron-the Unix assistant you didn’t know you had
A short tutorial on automating recurring tasks on Unix systems with Cron.
Hi again and Resolve Mathjax Latex rendering issues on Jekyll Markdown website
This post serves as a short catch-up and a quick fix to a Latex rendering issue I recently noticed on my web posts.
Calculating the diffusion energy barrier of a single oxygen vacancy
A tutorial on calculating diffusion energy barriers.
Stay home and plot Density of States
A tutorial on plotting Density of States for electronic structure calculations.
Glazer notation for Octahedral Tilting in Perovskites
Classification of Perovskites of different symmetries based on their atomic positioning.
An introduction to creating professional looking documents with Markdown
Creating visually appealing documents with Markdown, Pandoc and Pdflatex.