Dr Luke Rhodes

As of 2026 I have been awarded an independent fellowship to start my own theoretical condensed matter physics group. This webpage will no longer be updated. For current information please go to https://rhodes.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

I am a theoretical condensed matter physicist who’s work bridges the divide between theoretical and experimental research in correlated quantum materials. My passion is in the understanding of real correlated quantum materials, in particular unconventional superconductors, with the aim to enhance and stabilise these technologically important emerging properties in more favourable regimes.

As a member of the Wahl group, I have been developing new simulation methods to deepen our understanding of scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements and quasiparticle interference in quantum materials. This has led to the development of the St Andrews  CalcQPI code, enabling quantitative comparisons between electronic structure models and experimental measurements.

Independently, I have also been applying the newly developed technique of truncated unity functional renormalisation group theory to understand how multi-band fermiology and crystal lattice modifications influence the ground state of correlated quantum materials, with the aim to create a direct predictive link between these fundamental theoretical methods and experimental measurements.

I also have a PhD student (joint with Dr Bernd Braunecker) looking at identifying new forms of experimental signatures for the study of topology in condensed matter physics.

Prior to joining the Wahl group, I obtained my PhD, joint between Royal Holloway and the Diamond Light Source, working under Prof. Matthias Eschrig and Dr Timur Kim. Here we combined electronic structure simulations and Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy measurements to study superconductivity and electronic nematicity in the iron-based superconductors. Before this, I completed a Masters in Chemistry at the university of Sussex. My masters thesis was on the theoretical study of electron correlation in two-electron atoms supervised by Prof. Hazel Cox .

Feel free to contact me on [email protected]

Awards
  • IOP superconductivity groups Early Career Researcher Prize (2024)
  • 1851 Early career research Fellowship (2019)
  • John Murrell prize for achieving the highest grade in the year for theoretical and physical chemistry at the University of Sussex (2015)
Publications
    1. P. Wahl, L. C. Rhodes and C. A. Marques
      calcQPI: A versatile tool to simulate quasiparticle interference 
      arXiv:2507.22137 (2025)
    2. O. Armitage, N. Kushwaha, A. Rajan, L. C. Rhodes, S. Buchberger, B. K. Saika, S. Mo, M. D. Watson, P. D. C. King and P. Wahl
      Electronic structure of monolayer-CrTe2: an antiferromagnetic 2D van der Waals material 
      arXiv:2505.07942 (2025)
    3. C. A. Marques, L. C. Rhodes, W. Osmolska, H. Lane, I. Benedicic, M. Naratsuka, S. A. Berge, R. Fittipaldi, M. Lettieri, A. Vecchione and P. Wahl
      Emergent exchange-driven giant magnetoelastic coupling in a correlated itinerant ferromagnet 
      Nat. Phys., 1-7 (2025)
    4. L. C. Rhodes, D. C. Houston, O. R. Armitage and P. Wahl
      Probing moiré electronic structures through quasiparticle interference 
      Phys. Rev. B 111, L121403 (2025)
    5. A. Chandrasekaran, L. C. Rhodes, E. A. Morales, C. A. Marques, P. D. C. King, P. Wahl and J. J. Betouras
      On the engineering of higher-order Van Hove Singularities in two dimensions
      Nat. Comm., 15, 9521 (2024)
    6. J. B. Profe*, L. C. Rhodes*, M. Dürrnagel*, R. Bisset, C. A. Marques, S. Chi, T. Schwemmer, R. Thomale, D. M. Kennes, C. Hooley and P. Wahl
      Magic angle of Sr2RuO4: Optimizing correlation-driven superconductivity
      Phys. Rev. Research, 6, 043057 (2024)
    7. L. C. Rhodes and P. Wahl
      Structural routes to stabilise superconducting La3Ni2O7 at ambient pressure
      Phys. Rev. Mater. 8, 044801 (2024)
    8. C. A. Marques, P. A.E. Murgatroyd, R. Fittipaldi, W. Osmolska, B. Edwards, I. Benedicic, G. R Siemann, L. C. Rhodes, S. Buchberger, M. Naritsuka, E. A. Morales, D. Halliday, C. Polley, M. Leandersson, M. Horio, J. Chang, R. Arumugam, M. Lettieri, V. Granata, A. Vecchione P. D. C. King and P. Wahl
      Spin-orbit coupling induced Van Hove Singularity in proximity to a Lifshitz transition in Sr4Ru3O10
      npj Quantum Materials 9, 35 (2024)
    9. M. Naritsuka, I. Benedicic, L. C. Rhodes, C. A. Marques, C. Trainer, Z. Li, A. C. Komarek and P. Wahl
      Compass-like manipulation of electronic structure in Sr3Ru2O7
      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2308972120 (2023)
    10. L. C. Rhodes, W. Osmolska, C. A. Marques and P. Wahl
      Nature of quasiparticle interference in three dimensions
      Phys. Rev. B 107, 045107 (2023)
    11. I. Benedicic, M. Naritsuka, L. C. Rhodes, C. Trainer, Y. Nanao, A. B. Naden, R. Fittipaldi, V. Granata, M. Lettieri, A. Vecchione and P. Wahl
      Interplay of ferromagnetism and spin-orbit coupling in Sr4Ru3O10
      Phys. Rev. B 106, L241107 (2022) – Editors Suggestion
    12. S-W. Jung, L. C. Rhodes, M. D. Watson, D. V. Evtushinsky, C. Cacho, S. Aswartham, R. Kappenberger, S. Wurmehl, B. Buchner, T. K. Kim
      Strong surface termination dependence of the electronic structure of polar superconductor LaFeAsO revealed by nano-ARPES
      New. J. Phys., 24, 11018 (2022)
    13. C. A. Marques*, L. C. Rhodes*, I. Benedicic, M. Naritsuka, A. B. Naden, Z. Li, A. C. Komarek, A. P. Mackenzie, and P. Wahl,
      Atomic-scale imaging of emergent order at a magnetic-field-induced Lifshitz transition
      Sci. Adv., 8, eabo7757 (2022)
    14. C. Trainer, O. R. Armitage, H. Lane, L. C. Rhodes, E. Chan, I. Benedicic, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, O. Fabelo, C. Stock and P. Wahl
      Relating spin-polarized STM imaging and inelastic neutron scattering in the van-der-Waals ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2
      Phys. Rev. B 106, L081405 (2022) – Editors Suggestion
    15. L. C. Rhodes, M. Eschrig, T. K. Kim and M. D. Watson
      FeSe and the missing electron pocket problem
      Front. Phys. 10, 859017 (2022)
    16. A. Kreisel, C. A. Marques, L. C. Rhodes, X. Kong, T. Berlijn, R. Fittipaldi, V. Granata, A. Vecchione, P. Wahl and P. J. Hirschfeld
      Quasiparticle Interference of the Gamma band in Sr2RuO4
      npj Quantum Materials, 6, 100 (2021)
    17. C.A. Marques*, L. C. Rhodes*, R. Fittipaldi, V. Granata, C. M. Yim, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, A. Vecchione, A. W. Rost, and P. Wahl
      Magnetic-field tuneable Intertwined Checkerboard Charge Order and Nematicity in the Surface Layer of Sr2RuO4
      Advanced Materials, 33, 2100593 (2021)
    18. L. C. Rhodes*, J. Boker*, M. Muller, M. Eschrig, and I. M. Eremin
      Non-local dxy nematicity and the missing electron pocket in FeSe
      npj Quantum Materials, 6, 45 (2021)
    19. C. M. Yim, D. Chakraborti, L. C. Rhodes, S. Khim, A. P. Mackenzie and P. Wahl
      Quasiparticle interference and quantum confinement in a correlated Rashba spin-split 2D electron liquid
      Sci. Adv., 7, eabd7361 (2021)
    20. C. A. Marques, M. J. Neat, C. M. Yim, M. D. Watson, L. C. Rhodes, C. H. K. S. Pervakov, V. A. Vlasenko, V. M. Pudalov, A. V. Muratov, T. K .Kim and P. Wahl

      Electronic structure and superconductivity of the non-centrosymmetric Sn4As3
      New. J. Phys, 22, 063049 (2020)

    21. L. C. Rhodes*, M. D. Watson*, A. A. Haghighirad D. V. Evtushinsky and T. K. Kim
      Revealing the single electron pocket of FeSe in a single orthorhombic domain
      Phys. Rev. B, 101, 235128 (2020)
    22. L. C. Rhodes, M. D. Watson, T. K. Kim and M. Eschrig
      kz selective scattering within Quasiparticle Interference measurements of FeSe
      Phys. Rev. Lett., 123, 216404 (2019)
    23. M. D. Watson, P. Dudin, L. C. Rhodes, D. V. Evtushinsky, H. Iwasawa, S. Aswartham, S. Wurmehl, B. Büchner, M. Hoesch, T. K. Kim,
      Probing the reconstructed Fermi surface of antiferromagnetic BaFe2As2 in one domain
      npj Quantum Materials, 4, 36 (2019)
    24. L. C. Rhodes
      Theoretical and experimental study of the electronic structure of FeSe
      PhD Thesis
    25. L. C. Rhodes, M. D. Watson, A. A. Hagighirad, D. V. Evtushinsky, M. Eschrig, and T. K. Kim
      Scaling of the superconducting gap with orbital character in FeSe
      Phys. Rev. B, 98, 180503(R) (2018) – Editors Suggestion
    26. M. D. Watson, S. Aswartham, L. C. Rhodes, B. Parrett, H. Iwasawa, M. Hoesch, I. Morozov, B. Büchner and T. K. Kim
      Three-dimensional electronic structure of the nematic and antiferromagnetic phases of NaFeAs from detwinned angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
      Phys. Rev. B, 97, 035134 (2018)
    27. M. D. Watson, A. A. Hagighirad, L. C. Rhodes, M. Hoesch and T. K. Kim
      Electronic anisotropies revealed by detwinned angle-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy measurements of FeSe
      New. J. Phys., 19, 103021 (2017)
    28. L. C. Rhodes, M. D. Watson, A. A. Hagighirad, M. Eschrig and T. K. Kim
      Strongly enhanced temperature dependence of the chemical potential in FeSe
      Phys. Rev. B, 95, 195111 (2017) – Editors Suggestion
    29. M. D. Watson, T. K. Kim, L. C. Rhodes, M. Eschrig, M. Hoesch, A. A. Hagighirad and A. I. Coldea
      Evidence for unidirectional nematic bond ordering in FeSe
      Phys. Rev. B, 94, 201107(R) (2016)
    30. A. W. King, L. C. Rhodes and H. Cox
      Inner and outer radial density functions in correlated two-electron systems
      Phys. Rev. A, 93, 022509 (2016)
    31. A. W. King, L. C. Rhodes, C. A. Readman and H. Cox
      Effect of nuclear motion on the critical nuclear charge for two-electron atoms
      Phys. Rev. A, 91, 042512 (2015)

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