Alex Moorhouse

About Me

PhD Student – Applied Physics – Columbia University

Computational physicist focused on magnetic materials

Developer of Magnon code for magnon bandstructures

[Sep. 2025] – I completed the 2025 “LLM Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science & Chemistry”
[Sep. 2025] – I officially started at Columbia University in New York, having transferred from Cambridge, UK with my supervisor, Dr Michele Simoncelli.
[Jul. 2025] – I presented the Magnon code at Spin Caloritronics 2025 in Leeds, UK.
[Jul. 2025] – My code Magnon was released. See here.
[Oct. 2024] – I passed my thesis proposal exam at Cambridge University.
[Aug. 2024] – I attended the Physics by the Lake summer school for condensed matter physics in Stirling, UK.
[Nov. 2023] – I organised the 2023 Cavendish Graduate Student Conference at Cambridge University, UK.

PhD in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University and Applied Physics, Columbia University Current

Master of Theoretical Physics, Durham University 2019-23

Simoncelli Group, Oct 2023 – present
Bristowe Group, Oct. 2022 – Apr. 2023: “Broken Symmetry in Antiferroelectrics from First Principles”
Peratech Holdco, Summer 2022: Contributed to an AI-driven sensor design workflow
Kusumaatmaja Group, Summer 2022: “Energy landscapes of frustrated quasi-2D colloidal crystals on conical surfaces”
Durham Computational Project, Oct 2021 – Apr 2022: Nematic phase of ellipsoidal colloids using molecular dynamics through the
Metropolis-Hastings Monte Carlo algorithm
Durham Research-led Investigation, Oct. 2020 – Apr. 2021: Arduino-based uniaxial tensile tester for automatic generation of stress-strain curves

For a full copy of my CV, please email me using the link above.