Matthew D. Jones, PhD

Director and Lead Computational Scientist

Dr. Jones has been with the Center for Computational Research since 1999.  He has a doctorate in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Areas of Support:

  • Condensed Matter/Statistical Physics
  • Ab-initio Quantum Chemistry Applications
  • Development, Profiling, and Optimization of Large Scale Scientific and Engineering Applications

Research Interests:

  • Quantum Monte Carlo Methods & Applications
  • Simulation of Complex Materials, using density functional theory and tight-binding methods
  • Large Scale Computational Science & High-Performance Computing

Recent Publications:

  1. N. A. Simakov, J. P. White, R. L. DeLeon, A. Ghadersohi, T. R. Furlani, M. D. Jones, S. M. Gallo, and A. K. Patra, "," Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 27, 5238 (2015).
  2. J. T. Palmer, S. M. Gallo, T. R. Furlani, M. D. Jones, R. L. DeLeon, J. P. White, N. Simakov, A. K. Patra, J. Sperhac, T. Yearke, R. Rathsam, M. Innus, C. D. Cornelius, J. C. Browne, W. L. Barth, and R. T. Evans, "," Computing in Science and Engineering 17, 52 (2015).
  3. R. Madankan, S. Pouget, P. Singla, M. Bursik, J. Dehn, M. Jones, A. Patra, M. Pavlonis, E. B. Pitman, and T. Singh, "," J. Comp. Phys. 271, 39 (2014).
  4. E. R. Stefanescu, A. K. Patra, M. I. Bursik, R. Madankan, S. Pouget, M. Jones, P. Singla, T. Singh, E. B. Pitman, M. Pavolonis, D. Morton, P. Webley, and J. Dehn, "," Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 6, 1173 (2014).
  5. J. C. Browne, R. L. DeLeon, A. K. Patra, W. L. Barth, J. Hammond, M. D. Jones, T. R. Furlani, B. I. Schneider, S. M. Gallo, A. Ghadersohi, R. J. Gentner, J. T. Palmer, N. Simakov, M. Innus, A. E. Bruno, J. P. White, C. D. Cornelius, T. Yearke, K. Marcus, G. Laszewski, and F. Wang, "," Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 26, 2191 (2014).
  6. C.-C. J. Wang, M. D. Jones, and Jian-Xin Zhu, "," Phys. Rev. B 88, 125106 (2013).
  7. T. R. Furlani, M. D. Jones, S. M. Gallo, A. E. Bruno, C.‐D. Lu, A. Ghadersohi, R. J. Gentner, A. Patra, R. L. DeLeon, G. Laszewski, F. Wang, A. Zimmerman, "," Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 25, 918 (2013).
  8. M. Bursik, M. Jones, S. Carn, K. Dean, A. Patra, M. Pavolonis, E. B. Pitman, T. Singh, P. Singla, P. Webley, H. Bjornsson, M. Ripepe, "," Bulletin of Volcanology 10, 2321 (2012).
  9. E. R. Stefanescu, M. Bursik, G. Cordoba, K. Dalbey, M. D. Jones, A. K. Patra, D. C. Pieri, E. B. Pitman, M. F. Sheridan, "," Proc. Roy. Soc. A 468, 1543 (2012).
  10. J.-X. Zhu, R. Yu, H. Wang, L. L. Zhao, M. D. Jones, J. Dai, E. Abrahams, E. Morosan, M. Fang, and Q. Si,
    , Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 216405 (2010).
  11. M. Bakhtiari, H. Malhotra, M. D. Jones, V. Chaudhary, J. P. Walters, and D. Nazareth, "," J. Med. Phys. 35, 120 (2010).
  12. D. P. Nazareth, S. Brunner, M. D. Jones, H. K. Malhotra, and M. Bakhtiari, "," J. Med. Phys. 34, 129 (2009).
  13. M. Bakhtiari, M. Jones, H. Malhotra, M. Podgorsak, J. Delmerico, and D. Nazareth, "," Med. Phys. 36, 2560 (2009).
  14. M. D. Jones and R. C. Albers, , Phys. Rev. B 79, 045107 (2009).
  15. Athanasios N. Chantis, R. C. Albers, M. D. Jones, Mark van Schilfgaarde, and Takao Kotani, , Phys. Rev. B 78, 081101 (2008).
  16. Jian-Xin Zhu, A. K. McMahan, M. D. Jones, T. Durakiewicz, J. J. Joyce, J. M. Wills, and R. C. Albers, , Phys. Rev. B 76, 245118 (2007).
  17. I. Schnell, M. D. Jones, S. P. Rudin, and R. C. Albers, , Phys. Rev. B 74, 054104 (2006).
  18. D. R. Trinkle, M. D. Jones, R. G. Hennig, S. P. Rudin, R. C. Albers, and J. W. Wilkins, , Phys. Rev. B 73, 094123 (2006).
  19. M. D. Jones, R. Yao, and C. P. Bhole, , IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 53, 2752 (2006).
  20. M. D. Jones, A. K. Patra, K. Dalbey, E. B. Pitman, and A. C. Bauer,"Adaptive Simulation: Dynamic Data Driven Application in Geophysical Mass Flows," Proceedings of the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS2005, Denver, CO, 2005).
  21. S. P. Rudin, M. D. Jones, and R. C. Albers, , Phys. Rev. B 69, 094117 (2004).
  22. J. Bouchet, R. C. Albers, M. D. Jones, and G. Jomard, , Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 095503 (2004).
  23. D. R. Trinkle, R. G. Hennig, S. G. Srinivasan, D. M. Hatch, M. D. Jones, H. T. Stokes, R. C. Albers, and J. W. Wilkins,
    , Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 025701 (2003).
  24. M. D. Jones and R. C. Albers, , Phys. Rev. B 66, 134105 (2002).
  25. S. P. Rudin, M. D. Jones, C. W. Greeff, and R. C. Albers, , Phys. Rev. B 65, 235114 (2002).
  26. M. D. Jones, J. C. Boettger, R. C. Albers, and D. J. Singh, , Phys. Rev. B 61, 4644 (2000).
  27. M. D. Jones, G. Ortiz, and D. M. Ceperley, , Phys. Rev. A 59, 2875 (1999).
  28. M. D. Jones, G. Ortiz, and D. M. Ceperley, "Indication of Singly Ionized Helium in the White Dwarf GD 229", Astron. Astrophys. 343, L91 (1999).
  29. J. C. Boettger, M. D. Jones, and R. C. Albers, "Structural Properties of Crystalline Uranium from Linear Combinations of
    Gaussian Type Orbitals Calculations", Int. J. Quant. Chem. 75, 911 (1999).
  30. G. Ortiz and M. D. Jones, "Exploring the Quantum World of Complex States," in Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories,
    Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, Sydney, Australia, edited by D. Neilsen and R. F. Bishop
    (World Scientific, Singapore, 1998), p. 144.
  31. M. D. Jones, G. Ortiz, and D. M. Ceperley, , Phys. Rev. E 55, 6202 (1997).
  32. M. D. Jones and G. Ortiz, "Many-Body Approaches to Atoms & Molecules in External Magnetic Fields", Int. J. Quant. Chem. 64 523 (1997).
  33. M. D. Jones, G. Ortiz, and D. M. Ceperley, , Phys. Rev. A 54, 219 (1996).
  34. M. D. Jones and D. M. Ceperley, , Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4572 (1996).
  35. G. Ortiz, M. D. Jones, and D. M. Ceperley, , Phys. Rev. A 52, 3405 (1995).
  36. M. D. Jones and G. Ortiz, "Small Atoms in Superstrong Magnetic Fields" in Proceedings of Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields-II, Tallahassee, Florida, 1995, edited by Z. Fisk, L. Gor'kov, D. Meltzer, and R. Schrieffer (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996), p. 708.

Past Affiliations:

Condensed Matter & Statistical Physics
Theoretical Division, Group T-11

Los Alamos NM 87545