Hello! I’m a second-year PhD student in theoretical condensed matter physics working with Prof. Shubhayu Chatterjee. I’m interested broadly in quantum many-body problems, and right now I’m working with tensor network numerical methods to understand thermalization in quantum critical systems. I’m grateful to be supported by the J. Michael McQuade Fellowship.
I did my undergrad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I worked with Prof. Xiao-Gang Wen on tensor network algorithms to study gapless topological orders, and I did my masters through the Perimeter Scholars International program at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, where I worked with Prof. Sung-Sik Lee on functional renormalization for non-Fermi liquids.
Outside of physics, I’m also interested in linguistics, hiking and mountaineering, singing and playing music, and the Lithuanian language and society.
Education
- 2023–2028: PhD in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University
- 2022–2023: MSc in Theoretical Physics from the University of Waterloo and PSI Certificate from the Perimeter Institute. Essay on Four-fermion interactions and emergent symmetry in a non-Fermi liquid
- 2018–2022: BS in Physics and in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a specialization in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Teaching
Spring 2025: TA for 33-448, Introduction to Solid State Physics. Office hours: Wednesdays 4–5 in Wean 7423.
Spring 2024: TA for 33-234, Quantum Physics.
Fall 2023: TA for 33-331, Physical Mechanics I.
Talks
- Four-fermion interactions and emergent symmetry in a non-Fermi liquid
CMU Condensed Matter Theory group meeting
February 2024 - Four-fermion interactions and emergent symmetry in a non-Fermi liquid
Perimeter Scholars International essay (thesis) defence
June 2023 - Loop tensor network renormalization on an $S_3$-symmetric model
Perimeter Institute Quantum Information Lab (PIQuIL) journal club
November 2022