• Theoretical Physics
• Computational Physics 

Research interests

• Theoretical Physics
• Computational Physics
• Inverse Scattering
• Few-Body Physics

My main research area is Computational Physics in general with a focus on the method   of finite elements in its applications to molecular physics. In addition, I have an interest in inverse scattering, especially for its application to geophysical prospecting.

• Comparison of finite element density functional with NWChem results for 18 molecules 

  M Braun, KO Obodo, Indian Journal of Physics 97 (10), 2899-2902

• Numerical solution of the one dimensional Schrödinger equation using a basis set of scaled and shifted sinc functions on a finite interval
  M Braun, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 429, 115224

• Comparison of densities obtained with competing density functional molecular codes

  M Braun, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 397, 113649

• First principles study of single and multi-site transition metal dopant ions in MoS2 monolayer

  KO Obodo, CNM Ouma, JT Obodo, M Braun, D Bessarabov, Computational Condensed Matter 21, e00419

• Finite element density functional calculations for light molecules using a cusp factor to mitigate the Coulomb potential

  M Braun, KO Obodo, The European Physical Journal B 92, 1-7

• NRF rating of C2 from 2024 to 2030

• Density Functional Finite Element Calculations Employing a Cusp Factor.
• Optimization via Dolphin-adjoint of systems governed by partial differential equations
• Solving Differential Equations in Quantum Mechanics using Sinc Functions in 1-D, and 2-D, employing Python and Numpy.