Research Staff Member, Materials Theory Group

(865) 574-5785

(865) 574-4143 FAX

melkorg@ornl.gov

Materials Science & Technology Division

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Post Office Box 2008

Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6032

Research Interests:

Dr. Melko completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005 before joining the Former Condensed Matter Division as a Wigner Fellow. His research interests involve strongly-correlated many-body systems, with a focus on ground state properties, phase transitions, and quantum criticality. He emphasizes computational methods as a theoretical technique, in particular the development of state-of-the-art algorithms for the study of strongly-interacting systems. Much of his work has employed Monte Carlo simulations to explore the low-temperature physics of classical and quantum magnetic materials. He has more recently been involved in numerical studies of microscopic models that display interesting quantum behavior in the bulk, such as superconducting, superfluid or supersolid phases.