Sambit Das
Assistant Research Scientist at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolSambit Das is an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan with eight years of experience developing computational methods for large-scale Kohn-Sham density functional theory and multi-scale materials modeling. He is a lead developer of the open-source DFT-FE code, enabling accurate, high-performance real-space DFT calculations using higher-order spectral finite elements for defect and energy-material simulations. His work spans numerical methods, high-performance computing, and machine-learned exchange-correlation functionals, bridging theory and production-grade scientific software. Trained with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan and dual degrees from IIT Kharagpur, he combines rigorous academic research with practical code development. Based in Ann Arbor, he focuses on scalable algorithms that tackle atomistic problems beyond conventional plane-wave approaches. Colleagues rely on him for both deep methodology and hands-on implementation that make large-scale electronic-structure studies tractable.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at University of MichiganBachelors and Masters, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors and Masters, Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Github Skills (13)
cuda10
hip10
deterministic10
dft10
density-functional-theory10
altium-designer10
computational-science9
multiphysics8
elpa2
symmetric2
math1
scalable1
gitlab1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dftfeDevelopers/install_DFTFE
Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
Installation and run scripts for https://github.com/dftfeDevelopers/dftfe on various machines (OLCF Frontier, NERSC Perlmutter, ALCF Polaris, UMICH Greatlakes)
Contributions:2 PRs, 190 pushes, 27 branches in 1 year 7 months
dftfeDevelopers/dftfe-benchmarks
Dec 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 reviews, 8 PRs, 56 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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