About me

I’m a recent graduate from the University of Ghana with a strong interest in DFT and computational materials design. I am currently volunteering to work at our university lab back home by working on DFT-related projects. I recently completed my master’s in Materials Science and Engineering and am preparing for a PhD that uses first-principles simulations to understand and predict materials properties.

I have hands-on experience with DFT codes (such as CASTEP and related tools) for geometry optimization, band structure, and defect calculations, and I’m keen to deepen the formal foundations of DFT and multiscale simulations through this course. Quite frankly, I’m especially interested in learning how to better connect quantum-scale simulations to experimentally measurable properties, and how to design computational workflows that are robust enough for real research projects.

Outside coursework, I enjoy reading and “playing around” with imported structures from databases, and exploring how computational materials methods can be used in energy (as that piques my interest). I’m looking forward to becoming an expert!