Facultad de Ciencias - Edificio A

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Email. mikhail.otrokov@unizar.es

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I am a Senior Research Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA), specializing as a theoretical condensed matter physicist in ab initio computational materials science. My research centers on the electronic structure of quantum materials, with particular expertise in magnetic topological matter. A central contribution was the theoretical prediction of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4, confirmed experimentally (Nature, 2019). This prediction helped establish stoichiometric magnetic topological insulators as a viable alternative to dilute magnetic doping.

My work spans a broad spectrum of systems — including metals, semiconductors, insulators, magnetic and non-magnetic materials, spin-orbit-coupled, strongly correlated, disordered, layered van der Waals, and metal-organic systems — in bulk, thin-film, surface, and interface geometries. It encompasses both the characterization of existing materials and the prediction of new materials using first-principles methods.

In terms of methodology, I mainly use the projector augmented-wave method (VASP code), with additional experience in Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green’s function approach (HUTSEPOT code) and atomic-orbital-based pseudopotential method (SIESTA code). My focus is on using these tools to address problems in condensed matter physics and materials science rather than on method development.

For the complete list of publications, you can visit my Google Scholar Profile.