Dr. Sasfan Arman Wella is a senior researcher and the group leader of the Quantum Simulation research group. He completed a double-degree program at Osaka University in Japan and Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia, earning his doctorate from both institutions in 2019. His research interests are mainly in first-principles calculations and other electronic structure methods for many applications, including gas sensors, thermoelectrics, catalysts, ion batteries, etc.

• Research Keywords: Electronic structures, Thermoelectric materials, Electrocatalyst materials, Ion Battery, Gas sensor.
• Contact: sasfan.arman.wella(at)brin.go.id
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• Dr. (2019) | Department of Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
• Ph.D. Eng. (2019) | Department of Precision Science and Techology, Osaka University, Japan.
• M.Sc. (2013) | Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan.
• M.Si. / M.Sc. (2013) | Graduate School of Computational Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
• S.Si. / B.Sc. (2011) | Department of Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.

• 2023-present, Senior Researcher, BRIN Research Center for Quantum Physics, Indonesia.
• 2022-2023, Researcher, BRIN Research Center for Quantum Physics, Indonesia.
• 2021-2022, Researcher, BRIN Research Center for Physics, Indonesia.
• 2019-2021, Junior Researcher, LIPI Research Center for Physics, Indonesia.
• 2016-2017, Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Osaka University, Japan.
• 2014-2019, Research Assistant, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
• 2014, 2018-2020, Academic Assistant, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
• 2011, Researcher, CITA-ITB, Indonesia.

• M. S. Muntini, E. Suprayoga, S. A. Wella, I. Fatimah, L. Yuwana, T. Seetawan, A. B. Cahaya, A. R. T. Nugraha, and E. H. Hasdeo, “Spin-tunable thermoelectric performance in monolayer chromium pnictides”, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 064010 (2022).
• M. Gaffar*, S. A. Wella*, and E. H. Hasdeo, “Effects of Topological Band Structure on Thermoelectric Transport of Bismuthene“, Phys. Rev. B 104, 205105 (2021). Preprint version: arXiv:2105.05211.
• W. V. Sinambela, S. A. Wella, F. S. Arsyad, N. T. Hung, and A. R. T. Nugraha, “Electronic, Optical, and Thermoelectric Properties of Bulk and Monolayer Germanium Tellurides“, Crystals 11, 1290 (2021).
• Y. Hamamoto, S. A. Wella, K. Inagaki, F. Abild-Pedersen, T. Bligaard, I. Hamada, and Y. Morikawa, “Enhanced CO Tolerance of Pt Clusters Supported on Graphene with Lattice Vacancies“, Phys. Rev. B 102, 075408 (2020).
• S. A. Wella, Y. Hamamoto, F. Iskandar, Suprijadi, Y. Morikawa, and I. Hamada, “Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Single Platinum Atom at the Graphene Edge: A Density Functional Study“, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 1024707 (2020).
• S. A. Wella, Y. Hamamoto, Suprijadi, Y. Morikawa, and I. Hamada, “Platinum Single-atom Adsorption on Graphene: A Density Functional Theory Study“, Nanoscale Adv. 1, 1165-1171 (2019).
• S. A. Wella, H. Sawada, N. Kawaguchi, F. Muttaqien, K. Inagaki, I. Hamada, Y. Morikawa, and Y. Hamamoto, “Hybrid Image Potential States in Molec- ular Overlayers on Graphene“, Phys. Rev. Mater. 1, 061001(R) (2017).