SanD

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This is the official website of the Structure and Dynamics Group (SanD) of the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines Diliman. SanD was established in 2003 and is one of the youngest of the six research laboratories of the NIP. The areas of specialization of SanD scientists include computational physics, condensed matter physics, statistical physics, and quantum information theory. A recurring theme of SanD's research is the interplay between the structure of a physical system and its dynamical behavior. SanD is also developing competency in high-performance computing on a custom-built computing cluster to take advantage of multi-core computers for intensive numerical calculations.

PhD student attends Adiabatic Quantum Computing Conference

12 July 2017

SanD PhD student Neris Sombillo presented her research at the 6th Adiabatic Quantum Computing Conference (AQC 2017) held in Tokyo, Japan last 26-29 June 2017. This is the first time that the AQC conference was held in Asia. The conference attracts researchers who work on the frontiers of adiabatic quantum computation and quantum annealing and this year's key panelists include Seth Lloyd, Daniel Lidar, Edward Farhi, Helmut Katzgraber, Norio Murakami, Hartmut Neven, and Paul Warburton.

Students attend Women Who Code Manila talks

8 July 2017

Last 25 June 2017 SanD students Cleofe Ayang-ang, Paul Ang, and Ian Felismino attended the first event of the "How To Be You Po?" series of talks organized by Women Who Code Manila at the National Museum Planetarium. The series invites women from the science and technology industry to share their experiences and success stories to inspire others to pursue careers in science and technology.

SanD caps midyear with successful SPP conference

4 July 2017

SanD members presented a total of 18 papers covering several topics in theoretical and computational physics at the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference held in Cebu City last 6-10 June 2017. A total of 154 contributed papers and 15 invited talks were presented at the conference, which was attended by participants from ten countries including the Philippines. SanD hosted four invited speakers, Constantinos Constantinou, Manas Kulkarni, Shawn Pollard, and Raul Santos.

SanD scholars present research at International DOST conference

28 June 2017

DOST-SEI Director Josette Biyo and DOST-ASTHRDP scholars from the NIP SanD and Theoretical Physics research groups.

SanD DOST-ASTHRDP scholars Jan Philippe Sambo and Raymart Jay Canoy presented their work at the 2nd International Science Graduate Scholars' Conference at the PICC last 24-25 May 2017.

SanD student is best student presenter at Siam Physics Congress 2017

22 June 2017

Last 24-26 May 2017 three SanD students presented their MS thesis research at the 12th Siam Physics Congress in Rayong, Thailand. The conference is jointly organized by the Thai Physics Society and Kasetsart University. Meliton Chiong III was cited as one of the best student presenters for his talk on a density functional theory study of bonding between carbon dioxide molecules and cobalt salen complexes.

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8th Jagna International Workshop and Festschrift

19 January 2017

The first item on the SanD 2017 research agenda was the 8th Jagna International Workshop held last 4-7 January 2017 at the Research Center for Theoretical Physics (RCTP) in Jagna, Bohol. Subtitled Structure, Function and Dynamics from nm to Gm, the workshop was organized to celebrate the 60th birthday of RCTP co-founder Prof. Christopher Bernido. SanD physicist Cristine Villagonzalo, a former advisee of Prof.

SanD participates in triennial Asia Pacific Physics Conference 2016

14 December 2016

Members of SanD recently attended the Joint 13th Asia Pacific Physics Conference and 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress that was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 04-08 December 2016. Jade Mendoza delivered a short talk on her research on fluctuations and entanglement in a matrix product state representable quantum spin chain and Jan Sambo presented a poster on his work on dynamically generated phase transitions in a quenched XY model.

Alumna publishes epigenetics work in Cell

18 November 2016

In a recent issue of Cell that highlights groundbreaking research from the International Human Epigenome Consortium, SanD alumna Louella Vasquez and her collaborators in the EU Blueprint Epigenome project present a detailed study on the complex relationships among genetic and epigenetic factors and disease-causing phenotypes in human immune cells.

SanD PhD student supported by OFID Postgraduate Fellowship

30 July 2016

SanD member Alexandra Santos-Putungan (Materials Science and Engineering Program) is one of 15 doctoral students supported by an OFID Postgraduate Fellowship operating within the Sandwich Training Educational Programme (STEP) of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).

2nd QPCMP Workshop organized by IMSP and NSYSU @ UPLB

22 April 2016

SanD members attended the 2^nd Workshop on Theories in Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics at UP Los Baños last 18-19 April 2016. The workshop was organized by physicists from the UPLB Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics and the National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Physics.

SanD student is 2016 BPI-DOST Science Awardee

9 April 2016

SanD graduating student Rafael dela Rosa is one of the thirty BPI-DOST Science Awardees for 2016. For his BS thesis project Rafael quantified entanglement and coherence in a model of electron spins interacting with an environment for quantum computing applications. Some of his results have been published in the European Journal of Physics as part of a larger project describing effective thermodynamic models for entangled quantum systems.

SanD presents research at the 2016 PSROC Meeting

28 January 2016

SanD scientist Cristine Villagonzalo and graduate student Gene Itable attended the Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of the Republic of China (PSROC) at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung, Taiwan last 25-27 January 2016. The conference covered topics ranging from quantum physics to astrophysics, and was highlighted by plenary sessions on advancements in magnetism, superconductivity, metamaterials and photonics.

Central Visayan Institute Foundation 2015

28 January 2016

In celebration of the International Year of Light, the members of SanD contributed to the future of bright and talented students from the Central Visayan Institute Foundation (CVIF) in Jagna, Bohol. The CVIF has served Jagna and its neighboring communities since 1925 and has championed innovative pedagogical techniques such as the Dynamic Learning Program.

SanD student earns bronze poster award at AQIS 2015

3 September 2015

Graduate students Neris Ilano and Aura Villaruel attended the 15th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS2015) at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) last 24-30 August 2015. This is the second AQIS Conference attended by SanD researchers.

SanD PhD student attends ACCMS-8 @ Taipei

17 August 2015

SanD PhD student Alexandra Santos-Putungan attended the 8th Conference of the Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science (ACCMS-8) held at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taipei last 16-18 June 2015.

Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics Workshop

14 April 2015

SanD faculty, graduate students, and student interns from the University of Northern Philippines participated in the first Workshop on Theories in Quantum Phenomena and Condensed Matter Physics at the University of the Philippines Los Baños last 22-23 April 2015. The workshop was organized by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics and was attended by scientists and students from ADMU, DLSU, MSU-IIT, and UP.

SanD call for apprenticeship 2015

26 March 2015

There is an ongoing call for undergraduate and graduate student apprenticeship at the Structure and Dynamics Group. Application is open to NIP students in need of a research adviser. The deadline for applications is 1 May 2015.

For more details, you may download the full announcement (PDF) here.

SanD student participates in JENESYS 2.0 Exchange Programme

19 March 2015

Undergraduate SanD member Christopher Patrick Elegado participated in the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS 2.0) Exchange Programme from 2 to 10 March 2015. Christoper's group, which also included other NIP students, represented the Science and Technology contingent and is the 24th batch of JENESYS participants.

SanD grad student attends Non-equilibrium Quantum Physics Workshop @ Stellenbosch

12 March 2015

SanD graduate student Francis Bayocboc, Jr. attended the Workshop on Quantum Many-Body Systems Far from Equilibrium held at the National Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Wallenberg Research Centre in Stellenbosch, South Africa last 9-13 March 2015. The workshop consisted of several lectures by leading physicists who investigate the non-equilibrium behavior of isolated quantum systems, with ample opportunities for scientific exchanges between attendees.

Featured Articles

Nat. Commun. 14, 2228 (2023)

GM Macam and collaborators unveil causal structure of interacting Weyl fermions.

QIP 22, 106 (2023)

GMM Itable and FNC Paraan construct phase diagrams for a non-unitary PT-symmetric quantum walk.

JMMM 564, 170094 (2022)

VP Villegas and CD Villagonzalo examine level crossings in Fermi-Hubbard dimers immersed in a quantum gas.

Physica A 600, 127540 (2022)

VP Villegas and CD Villagonzalo demonstrate refrigeration in a Fermi-Hubbard optical dimer.

QIP 20, 90 (2021)

NI Sombillo, RS Banzon, and C Villagonzalo simulate a quantum search in a spin system.

RSC Adv 9, 23254 (2019)

MR Chiong and FNC Paraan describe carbon dioxide capture by a cobalt salen complex.

JPCM 31, 145504 (2019)

AB Santos-Putungan, N Stojić, N Binggeli, and FNC Paraan predict CO₂ chemisorption on boron nanoclusters.

PRA 94, 022323 (2016)

AMB Villaruel and FNC Paraan identify a mathematical relation between entanglement and fluctuations in many-body subsystems.

Physica E 83, 498 (2016)

C Baldo III and C Villagonzalo demonstrate spin current inversion and polarization in a curved nanowire with spatially-modulated spin-orbit couplings.

J Stat Mech, 053104 (2016)

RF Barbarona and FNC Paraan report entanglement entropy integer effects in a spin-orbit coupled 2D electron gas.

SanD website migration in progress

Please excuse our appearance as we transfer content to our updated website. For corrections or bug reports you may contact our webmaster at sandadmin@nip.upd.edu.ph.

Our past websites are archived here:
SanD Drupal 7 (2014-2026) : https://sand.nip.upd.edu.ph/legacyd7
SanD Modelling in all its forms (2010-2011) : https://sand.nip.upd.edu.ph/legacy2010
SanD HTML (2008-2010) : https://sand.nip.upd.edu.ph/legacy2008

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