Publications

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Use was made of computational facilities purchased with funds from the National Science Foundation (CNS-1725797) and administered by the Center for Scientific Computing (CSC). The CSC is supported by the California NanoSystems Institute and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC; NSF DMR 2308708) at UC Santa Barbara.

Selected Publications

2025

Functional characterization of luciferase in a brittle star indicates parallel evolution influenced by genomic availability of haloalkane dehalogenase
Lau, E., Majerova, M., Hensley, N., Mukherjee, A., Vasina, M., Pluskal, D., et al. (2025). Functional characterization of luciferase in a brittle star indicates parallel evolution influenced by genomic availability of haloalkane dehalogenase. Molecular Biology And Evolution, 42, msaf081.
Simulations of Eccentricity Growth in Compact Binary Accretion Disks with Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
Ohana, M., Jiang, Y. -F., Blaes, O., & Oyang, B. (2025). Simulations of Eccentricity Growth in Compact Binary Accretion Disks with Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal, 979, 128.
Context Dependency of Hydrophobicity in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Insights from a New Dewetting Free Energy-Based Hydrophobicity Scale
Najafi, S., Lobo, S., Shell, S., & Shea, J. -E. (2025). Context Dependency of Hydrophobicity in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Insights from a New Dewetting Free Energy-Based Hydrophobicity Scale. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry B.
Functional characterization of luciferase in a brittle star indicates parallel evolution influenced by genomic availability of haloalkane dehalogenase
Lau, E., Majerova, M., Hensley, N., Mukherjee, A., Vasina, M., Pluskal, D., et al. (2025). Functional characterization of luciferase in a brittle star indicates parallel evolution influenced by genomic availability of haloalkane dehalogenase. Molecular Biology And Evolution, 42, msaf081.
Universal phenomenological relations between spherical harmonic modes in nonprecessing eccentric binary black hole merger waveforms
Islam, T., & Venumadhav, T. (2025). Universal phenomenological relations between spherical harmonic modes in nonprecessing eccentric binary black hole merger waveforms. Physical Review D, 111, L081503.
First-Principles Statistical Mechanics Study of Magnetic Fluctuations and Order—Disorder in the Spinel LiNi0. 5Mn1. 5O4 Cathode
Ponte, G., Behara, S. S., Bassey, E., ement, R. ele J. C. \, & Van der Ven, A. (2025). First-Principles Statistical Mechanics Study of Magnetic Fluctuations and Order—Disorder in the Spinel LiNi0. 5Mn1. 5O4 Cathode. Chemistry Of Materials, 37, 1835-1846.

2024

High efficiency large-angle polarization-insensitive retroreflecting metasurface for magneto-optical traps
Heki, L., Chao, R., Isichenko, A., Mohtashami, Y., Chauhan, N., Blumenthal, D., & Schuller, J. A. (2024). High efficiency large-angle polarization-insensitive retroreflecting metasurface for magneto-optical traps. Applied Physics Letters, 124.
Symmetry breaking in zero-field two-dimensional electron bilayers
Cookmeyer, T., & Sarma, S. (2024). Symmetry breaking in zero-field two-dimensional electron bilayers. Physical Review B, 109, 115307.
Soft confinement of self-propelled rods: simulation and theory
Modica, K. J., & Takatori, S. C. (2024). Soft confinement of self-propelled rods: simulation and theory. Soft Matter, 20, 2331-2337.
Similar enzymatic functions in distinct bioluminescence systems: evolutionary recruitment of sulfotransferases in ostracod light organs
Lau, E., Goodheart, J. A., Anderson, N., Liu, V., Mukherjee, A., & Oakley, T. H. (2024). Similar enzymatic functions in distinct bioluminescence systems: evolutionary recruitment of sulfotransferases in ostracod light organs. Biology Letters, 20, 20230585.
How do phytophagous insects affect phyllosphere fungi? Tracking fungi from milkweed to monarch caterpillar frass reveals communities dominated by fungal yeast
Oono, R., Chou, V., & Irving, M. (2024). How do phytophagous insects affect phyllosphere fungi? Tracking fungi from milkweed to monarch caterpillar frass reveals communities dominated by fungal yeast. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16, e13213.
Precision proteoform design for 4R tau isoform selective templated aggregation
Longhini, A. P., Dubose, A., Lobo, S., Vijayan, V., Bai, Y., Rivera, E., et al. (2024). Precision proteoform design for 4R tau isoform selective templated aggregation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 121, e2320456121.
Room-temperature magnetic thermal switching by suppressing phonon-magnon scattering
Zhang, F., Patra, L., Chen, Y., Ouyang, W., Sarte, P. M., Adajian, S., et al. (2024). Room-temperature magnetic thermal switching by suppressing phonon-magnon scattering. Physical Review B, 109, 184411.
The Asteroseismological Richness of RCB and dLHdC Stars
Wong, T. L. S., & Bildsten, L. (2024). The Asteroseismological Richness of RCB and dLHdC Stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 962, 20.
Q-RBSA: high-resolution 3D EBSD map generation using an efficient quaternion transformer network
Jangid, D. K., Brodnik, N. R., Echlin, M. L. P., Gudavalli, C., Levenson, C., Pollock, T. M., et al. (2024). Q-RBSA: high-resolution 3D EBSD map generation using an efficient quaternion transformer network. Npj Computational Materials, 10, 27.
Transition Metal Impurities as Shallow Donors in $\beta$-Ga2O3
Karbasizadeh, S., Mu, S., Turiansky, M. E., & Van de Walle, C. G. (2024). Transition Metal Impurities as Shallow Donors in $\beta$-Ga2O3. Physica Status Solidi (Rrl)&Mdash;Rapid Research Letters, 2300500.
Insights into conformational ensembles of compositionally identical disordered peptidomimetics
Day, E., Cunha, K. C., Zhao, J., DeStefano, A. J., Dodds, J., Melissa, Y., et al. (2024). Insights into conformational ensembles of compositionally identical disordered peptidomimetics. Polymer Chemistry, 15, 2970-2980.
First-principles study of hydrogen-and oxygen-related complexes in ScN
Rowberg, A. J. E., Mu, S., & Van de Walle, C. G. (2024). First-principles study of hydrogen-and oxygen-related complexes in ScN. Journal Of Applied Physics, 135.
Electron Drag Effect on Thermal Conductivity in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
Quan, Y., & Liao, B. (2024). Electron Drag Effect on Thermal Conductivity in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors. Nano Letters.
Optimizing Polarization Selective Unidirectional Photoluminescence from Phased-Array Metasurfaces
Heki, L., Mohtashami, Y., Chao, R., Ewing, J., Quevedo, A., Nakamura, S., et al. (2024). Optimizing Polarization Selective Unidirectional Photoluminescence from Phased-Array Metasurfaces. Advanced Optical Materials, 2303186.