Research Interests

• Condensed matter at extreme conditions generated by laser-driven compression
• Developing methods for electronic structure calculations to incorporate the effect of finite magnetic field in density functional algorithms
• Equations of state calculation
• First principles atomistic methods in the context of high-pressure physics
• Modeling of pump probe experiments (x-ray absorption and optical properties)
• X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Ph.D., Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 2008

M.Sc., Physics, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina, 2001

B.S., Sciences, Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

1. Local effects in the X-ray absorption spectrum of CaCl2 , MgCl2 , and NaCl solutions Heather J. Kulik, Nicola Marzari, Alfredo A. Correa, Eric Schwegler, Giulia Galli (in preparation).
2. Warm dense matter created by isochoric laser heating Y. Ping, A.A. Correa, T. Ogitsu, E. Draeger, E. Schwegler, T. Aob, K. Widmann, D.F. Price, E. Lee, H. Tamb, P.T. Springer, D. Hanson, I. Koslowb, D. Prendergast, G. Collins, A. Ng High Energy Density Physics (2010), in press.
3. First-Principles Multi-phase Equation of State of Carbon Alfredo A. Correa, Lorin X. Benedict, Stanimir A. Bonev, David A.Young, and Eric Schwegler Physical Review B 78, 024101 (2008).
4. A Steinberg-Guinan model for High-Pressure Carbon: Diamond Phase Daniel Orlikowski, Alfredo A. Correa, Eric Schwegler and John E. Klepeis AIP Conference Proceedings 955, 247-250, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-2007: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter.
5. Carbon under extreme conditions: Phase boundaries and electronic properties from first-principles theory Alfredo A. Correa, Stanimir A. Bonev, and Giulia Galli Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 103(5), 1204-1208 (2006).
6. Quantum Corral Wave function Engineering Alfredo A. Correa, Fernando A. Reboredo, Carlos A. Balseiro Physical Review B 71, 035418 (2005) also selected for publication at the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information www.vjquantuminfo.org and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology www.vjnano.org.
7. Spectroscopic and Magnetic Mirages of Impurities in Nanoscopic Systems Karen Hallberg, Alfredo A. Correa, Carlos A. Balseiro Physical Review Letters 88, 066802 (2002) also selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology www.vjnano.org.
8. Mirage and Enhanced Magnetic Interactions in Nanoscopic Systems Alfredo A. Correa, Karen Hallberg, Carlos A. Balseiro Euro Physics Letters 58(6), 899 (2002).
9. Spectroscopic and Magnetic Mirages of Impurities in Nanoscopic Systems with Focusing Properties Karen Hallberg, Alfredo A. Correa, Carlos A. Balseiro Physica B 320 (2002) 354-357.

• Lawrence Fellowship, Livermore Laboratory, 2009
• Student Employee Graduate Research Fellowship (SEGRF), Livermore Laboratory, 2004-2008
• Physical Data Research Program Award, Physics and Advanced Technologies, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Team members: Alfredo Correa, Lorin Benedict, David Young, Daniel Orlikowski, Eric Schwegler, 2007
• Award to the best student of the year, Argentinean Physical Society (Bariloche Branch), 2001
• Comisi ón Nacional de Energ a At omica, fellowship to complete Licenciatura en F ísica at Instituto Balseiro, Argentina, 1998-2001