About Me

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Welcome!

My name is Henrique Pereira Coutada Miranda. Currently I am a software developer at VASP Software GmbH in Vienna.

My interests sit at the intersection of computational materials science and scientific software, especially electron–phonon interactions, zero-point renormalization, transport, and superconductivity. I work on electronic-structure methods, research workflows, and interactive visualisation. This site features phonon and exciton tools, electronic-structure software, and programming experiments.

Short Bio

2019-present: Software developer at VASP Software GmbH

2017-2019: Post-doc position in the Université catholique de Louvain in the groups of Prof. Gian-Marco Rignanese and Prof. Geoffroy Hautier

2013-2017: PhD on "Ab initio approaches to Resonant Raman Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides" under the supervision of Prof. Ludger Wirtz in the Theoretical Solid-State Physics Group in the University of Luxembourg.

2012-2013: Master thesis on “Embedding schemes for treating magnetic impurities and defects in metallic systems” under the supervision of Prof. Matthieu Verstraete in the University of Liège and Prof. Myrta Gruning at the time in the University of Coimbra now at the University of Belfast.

2011-2013: Master in Physics (specialization in Computational Physics) in the Physics Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra.

2008-2011: Degree in Physics in the Physics Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra.

Phonon and exciton visualization

Excitons: https://henriquemiranda.github.io/excitonwebsite/
Phonons: https://henriquemiranda.github.io/phononwebsite/

Publications

L. Chaput, H. Miranda, A. Togo, M. Engel, M. Schlipf, M. Marsman, G. Kresse, Physical Review B 113, 014313 (2026)
Y. Wang, et al., PRX Energy 5, 013002 (2026)
S. Vijay, M. Schlipf, H. Miranda, F. Karsai, M. Kaltak, M. Marsman, G. Kresse, Physical Review B 112, 045409 (2025)
R. Zhang, et al., Physical Review B 112, L241115 (2025)
E. Moerman, H. Miranda, A. Gallo, A. Irmler, T. Schäfer, F. Hummel, M. Engel, G. Kresse, M. Scheffler, A. Grüneis, Physical Review B 111, L121202 (2025)
M. Engel, H. Miranda, L. Chaput, A. Togo, C. Verdi, M. Marsman, G. Kresse, Physical Review B 106, 094316 (2022)
S. Ramkumar, G. Petretto, W. Chen, H. Miranda, X. Gonze, G. Rignanese, Physical Review Materials 6, 035403 (2022)
M. Markov, L. Alaerts, H. Miranda, G. Petretto, W. Chen, J. George, E. Bousquet, P. Ghosez, G. Rignanese, G. Hautier, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2026020118 (2021)
C. Trovatello, et al., ACS Nano 14, 5700 (2020)
G. Brunin, H. Miranda, M. Giantomassi, M. Royo, M. Stengel, M. Verstraete, X. Gonze, G. Rignanese, G. Hautier, Physical Review Letters 125, 136601 (2020)
G. Brunin, H. Miranda, M. Giantomassi, M. Royo, M. Stengel, M. Verstraete, X. Gonze, G. Rignanese, G. Hautier, Physical Review B 102, 094308 (2020)
A. Romero, et al., Journal of Chemical Physics 152, 124102 (2020)
X. Gonze, et al., Computer Physics Communications 248, 107042 (2020)
D. Sangalli, et al., Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 31, 325902 (2019)
F. Paleari, H. Miranda, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, Physical Review Letters 122, 187401 (2019)
E. Torun, H. Miranda, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, Physical Review B 97, 245427 (2018)
G. Petretto, S. Dwaraknath, H. Miranda, D. Winston, M. Giantomassi, M. Setten, X. Gonze, K. Persson, G. Hautier, G. Rignanese, Scientific Data 5, 180065 (2018)
E. Robert, R. Gunder, J. Wild, C. Spindler, F. Babbe, H. Elanzeery, B. El Adib, R. Treharne, H. Miranda, L. Wirtz, S. Schorr, P. Dale, Acta Materialia 151, 125 (2018)
H. Miranda, S. Reichardt, G. Froehlicher, A. Molina-Sánchez, S. Berciaud, L. Wirtz, Nano Letters 4, 17 (2017)
T. Galvani, F. Paleari, H. Miranda, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, S. Latil, H. Amara, F. Ducastelle, Physical Review B 94, 125303 (2016)
J. Li, H. Miranda, Y. Niquet, L. Genovese, I. Duchemin, L. Wirtz, C. Delerue, Physical Review B 92, 075414 (2015)
M. Endlich, H. Miranda, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, J. Kröger, Annalen der Physik 526, 372 (2014)