Christophe DE BEULE

Christophe DE BEULE

Postdoc in Condensed Matter Physics

University of Antwerp

About Me

I am a researcher in the Condensed Matter Theory group at the University of Antwerp. My research focuses on the electronic properties of two-dimensional materials, including graphene and other van der Waals materials. I am especially interested in quantum geometry, band topology, and correlated electronic phases of artificial quantum materials in van der Waals heterostructures.

At present, I study moiré materials, which are created by stacking atomically-thin layers with a relative twist angle, such as twisted transition-metal dichalcogenide bilayers. In particular, I investigate structural moiré reconstruction and electron-electron interactions between the low-energy moiré electrons.

Research Interests
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Topological Materials
  • Moiré Materials
  • Straintronics
  • Quantum Geometry
Education
  • PhD Physics, 2017

    University of Antwerp

  • MSc Physics, 2012

    University of Antwerp

  • BSc Physics, 2010

    University of Antwerp

Positions

 
 
 
 
 
National Cheng Kung University
Assistant Professor (incoming)
National Cheng Kung University
August 2026 – Present Tainan (Taiwan)
 
 
 
 
 
University of Antwerp
Postdoc
University of Antwerp
May 2025 – July 2026 Antwerp (Belgium)
 
 
 
 
 
University of Pennsylvania
Postdoc
University of Pennsylvania
March 2022 – April 2025 Philadelphia (USA)
  • 2023-02 – 2025-04: Postdoc in the group of Gene Mele.
  • 2022-03 – 2023-02: Visiting Scholar in the group of Gene Mele supported by an INTER Mobility grant of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).
 
 
 
 
 
University of Luxembourg
Postdoc
University of Luxembourg
October 2020 – February 2022 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
 
 
 
 
 
Technical University of Braunschweig
Postdoc
Technical University of Braunschweig
April 2018 – September 2020 Braunschweig (Germany)

Publications

(2026). Disorder-induced symmetry breaking in moiré bands of marginally twisted bilayer MoS$_2$. ACS Nano.

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(2026). Itinerant Magnetism in Twisted Bilayer WSe$_2$ and MoTe$_2$. Physical Review B.

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(2026). Scalable tight-binding model for strained graphene. Physical Review B.

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(2026). Theory for Lattice Relaxation in Marginally Twisted Bilayers. Physical Review B.

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(2026). Gate-tunable Resonances and 1D Channel in a Graphene Nanoslide. Physical Review B.

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Projects

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