Surface theory of a second-order topological insulator beyond the Dirac approximation
B. A. Levitan, L. Goutte, and T. Pereg-Barnea. Phys. Rev. B 104, 125105 – Published 2 September 2021 (2009).
CV
Education
- M.Sc. (Thesis) in Physics, McGill University (2023)
- B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, McGill University (2021) – First Class Honours, Dean’s Honour List
Research experience
- Fall 2021 – Summer 2023: Graduate Research Assistant
- McGill University, Centre for the Physics of Materials
- Theoretical research on Weyl semimetals: impurities, transport, grain boundaries
- Supervisor: Tami Pereg-Barnea
- Summer 2021: International Research Fellow
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)
- Computational and theoretical research on twisted mixed multilayer graphene
- Supervisor: Oleg Yazyev, Chair of Computational Condensed Matter Theory
- Summer 2020 – Summer 2021: Research Assistant
- McGill University, Centre for the Physics of Materials
- Theoretical research on higher-order topological insulators
- Supervisor: Tami Pereg-Barnea
- Summer 2019: NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Awardee
- McGill Space Institute
- Computational and observational research into Fast Radio Bursts in the gamma-ray spectrum
- Supervisor: Ken Ragan
Industry experience
- Summer 2018 : Mechanical engineering intern
- CTT Group Materials Engineering, Saint-Hyacinthe
- Designed electromagnetic and mechanical systems to be used in textile engineering research. Submitted two final reports to the CEO, Dr. Jacek Mlynarek.
- Supervisor: Dr. Jacek Mlynarek
- Fall 2018 – Summer 2021: International Research Fellow
- Faculty of Science Communications Office
- Wrote Newsroom articles and scientific paper reviews, interviewed professors about their research and promoted faculty events.
- Supervisor: Fergus Grieve
Publications
Coupling between a Weyl semimetal and a nontopological metal
L. Goutte, and T. Pereg-Barnea. Phys. Rev. B 108, 035118 – Published 11 July 2023 (2023).