Emiel Slootman

2023 -

PhD in Physics, University of Twente
Graduation expected in 2027
Supervisor: Prof. Claudia Filippi

2020 - 2023

MSc. Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University
MSc. Applied Physics, University of Twente
Thesis supervisors: Prof. Cristiane Morais Smith & dr. Jan Klärs
Spectral and Thermodynamical Properties of non-Hermitian Photon Gases

2017 - 2020

BSc. Applied Physics, University of Twente

E. Slootman, V. Gopal Chilkuri, A. Delval, M. Hoffer, T. Gorni, F. Coppens, J. van de Nes, R.L. Panadés-Barrueta, E. Posenitskiy, A. Ammar, E.J. Landinez Borda, K. Camus, O. Kohulàk, E. Giner, P. de Oliveira Castro, C. Valensi, W. Jalby, C. Filippi and A. Scemama, QMCkl: A Kernel Library for Quantum Monte Carlo Applications. Preprint arXiv:2512.16677 (2025)

F. Della Pia, B. Shi, Y.S Al-Hamdani, D. Alfè, T. Anderson, M. Barborini, A. Benali, M. Casula, N. Drummond, M. Dubecký, C. Filippi, P. Kent, J. Krogel, P. Lopez Rios, A. Lüchow, Y. Luo, A. Michaelides, L. Mitas, K. Nakano, R. Needs, M. Per, A. Scemama, J. Schultze, R. Shinde, E. Slootman, S. Sorella, A. Tkatchenko, M. Towler, C. Umrigar, L. Wagner, W. Ashwin Wheeler, H. Zhou and A. Zen, Reproducibility of fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo across diverse community codes: The case of water–methane dimer. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 163, 104110 (2025)

E. Slootman, L. Eek, C. Morais Smith and R. Arouca, Emergence of Imaginary Time Crystals in the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. Physical Review B, 112, 085149 (2025)

E. Slootman, I. Poltavsky, R. Shinde, J. Cocomello, S. Moroni, A. Tkatchenko and C. Filippi, Accurate quantum Monte Carlo forces for machine-learned force fields: Ethanol as a benchmark. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 20, 6020–6027 (2024).

E. Slootman, W. Cherifi, L. Eek, R. Arouca, E. Bergholtz, M. Bourennane and C. Morais Smith, Breaking and resurgence of symmetry in the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model in photonic waveguides. Physical Review Research, 6, 023140 (2024).

25-08-2025 - 28-08-2025

Psi-k conference, contributed talk
Bridging the reference gap: Accurate QMC forces for machine-learned potentials of dispersion-dominated molecules

21-01-2025 - 22-01-2025

NWO Physics, contributed talk
Causing and Curing Headaches with Quantum Monte Carlo: Accurate Forces for Machine-Learned Force Fields

03-12-2024 - 04-12-2024

NWO Chains, contributed talk
Accurate Quantum Monte Carlo Forces for Machine-Learned Force Fields: A Study on Fluxional Molecules

19-04-2024

QUANT Meeting, contributed talk
Machine-Learning Models from Accurate QMC Forces: The Case Study of Ethanol

09-04-2024

NEM-day, contributed talk, presentation award
Machine-Learning Models from Accurate QMC Forces: The Case Study of Ethanol

05-02-2024 -
09-02-2024

TREX Symposium: Bridging Quantum Monte Carlo and High-Performance Simulations, contributed talk
QMC Forces for Room-Temperature Ethanol: Algorithms and Wave Functions for High Accuracy

20-01-2026 - 21-01-2026

NWO Physics
Bridging the data gap: Accurate QMC forces for machine-learned potentials of dispersion-dominated molecules

08-01-2025 - 10-01-2025

22nd International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods
Causing and Curing Headaches with Quantum Monte Carlo: Accurate Forces for Machine-Learned Force Fields

23-09-2024

MESA+ Meeting
Machine-Learning Models from Accurate QMC Forces: The Case Study of Ethanol

17-04-2024

CTC Spring Meeting, poster award
Machine-Learning Models from Accurate QMC Forces: The Case Study of Ethanol

23-01-2024 -
24-01-2024

NWO Physics
Modeling Weakly Interacting Systems with Quantum Monte Carlo

09-12-2024 - 12-12-2024

Scientific Visit, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, dr. Anthony Scemama

08-01-2024 -
11-01-2024

Scientific Visit, University of Luxembourg
Theoretical Chemical Physics Group, prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko