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Alexander Lichtenstein is a research group leader at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg, where he focuses on theory, magnetism, and electronic correlations. His work investigates exchange interactions in magnetic materials based on a density functional approach. He has developed efficient computational schemes that combine precision first-principles band-structure calculations with complex treatments of electron-electron correlations in d- and f-electron systems, specifically employing methods such as LDA+U and LDA+DMFT. Moreover, he has contributed to advancements in continuous time quantum Monte Carlo methods to address multiorbital impurity problems. His research explores non-local correlation effects in low-dimensional quantum systems using fully renormalized dual-fermion perturbation techniques. Throughout his career, Lichtenstein has been recognized with several awards, including the State Prize for young scientists in 1988 and again in 1995, the Intel/Rusnano High Performance Computing Prize in 2008, the Max-Born Prize in 2014, and the Ernst Mach Medal in 2015.
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