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Dr. Laurent Bellaiche
2017
Fellows Program
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics,
University of Arkansas
Dr. Bellaiche’s group carries out research in the field of computational condensed matter physics. His current interests mainly lie in developing and/or using so-called first-principles methods, first-principles-based techniques and semiempirical approaches to calculate properties of ferroelectrics, magnetic compounds, multiferroics, semiconductors, nanostructures and graphene.
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Out-thinking The Brain: Stepping into the office of Dr. Laurent Bellaiche, an Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow and Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Arkansas, is almost like stepping inside his mind, which is ironic because he has devoted part of his research to duplicating the awesome power of the human brain.