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.

This site collects open-source scientific software, interactive visualisation tools, and smaller experiments that I develop or contribute to.

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