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Ankit Mahajan, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist, Center for Computational Quantum Physics/Initiative for Computational Catalysis

Bio

Ankit Mahajan is an Associate Research Scientist jointly appointed between the Initiative for Computational Catalysis and the Center for Computational Quantum Physics. He develops numerical approaches to tackle quantum many-body problems in strongly correlated materials and catalysis, with a particular focus on quantum Monte Carlo methods. He joined the Flatiron Institute in 2026 after postdoctoral research at Columbia University and a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Publications

Excited states in auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo

arXiv:2509.11616, September 15, 2025

A. Mahajan, Sandeep Sharma, S. Zhang, and D. Reichman

Events

Machine Learning for Computational Catalysis

Workshop

November 16–18, 2026

Speakers

Angel Rubio, Timothy Berkelbach, Jutta Rogal, Ankit Mahajan, Diptarka Hait, + 2 more

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CCQ’s mission is to develop the concepts, theories, algorithms and codes needed to solve the quantum many-body problem and use the solutions to predict the behavior of materials and molecules of scientific and technological interest.

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