I am a theoretical physicist at NORDITA in Stockholm. My expertise is in topological quantum matter and computational materials science. Currently I am using AI to generate new topological materials for quantum devices.
Email: alextyner[at]gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
NORDITA Fellow → NORDITA, 2023-Current
PhD Applied Physics→ Northwestern University, 2017-2023
BSc Mathematics and Physics → Davidison College, 2012-2016
Recent Works:
A.C. Tyner, W. Rodgers,…, C.T. Chen, J.M. Rondinelli, Accelerated Discovery of Topological Conductors for Nanoscale Interconnects, Advanced Science, e20535 (2026)
M. Kiani, A.C. Tyner, et. al, Searching for materials for next-generation on-chip interconnects, Newton 5, 1, 100133 (2025)
C. Grindall*, A.C. Tyner, A-K. Wu, T.L. Hughes, J.H. Pixley, Separate Surface and Bulk Topological Anderson Localization Transitions in Disordered Axion Insulators, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 226601 (2025)
A.C. Tyner, Machine learning guided discovery of stable, spin-resolved topological insulators, Phys. Rev. Research 6, 023316 (2024)
A.C. Tyner, BerryEasy: A GPU enabled python package for diagnosis of nth-order and spin-resolved topology in the presence of fields and effects, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (2024)
A.C. Tyner, C. Grindall, and J.H. Pixley, Decoupling the electronic gap from the spin Chern number in disordered spin-resolved topological insulators, Phys. Rev. B 110, 214211 (2024)
A.C. Tyner and A.V. Balatsky, Screening the organic materials database for superconducting metal-organic frameworks, PLoS ONE 19(11): e0310211 (2024)
P. Krantz, A.C. Tyner†, et. al, Intrinsic Magnetism is KTaO3 Heterostructures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 093102 (2024)
A.C. Tyner and S. Sur, Dipolar Weyl-Semimetals, Phys. Rev. B 109, L081101 (2024)
A.C. Tyner and P. Goswami, Real-space screening of quantum spin-Hall insulators, Phys. Rev. Materials 8, 124203 (2024)
*Authors contributed equally †First theory author