Publications

1. G. Pokharel, C. Zhang, E. Redekop, B. R Ortiz, A. N Salinas, S. Schwarz, S. J Gomez Alvarado, S. Sarker, A. F Young, S. D Wilson, Evolution of charge correlations in the hole-doped kagome superconductor CsV3-xTixSb5, arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.13941, 2025. Article link

2. Y. Chen, T. Kongruengkit, A. C. Salinas, R. Yang, Y. Quan, F. Zhang, G. Pokharel, L. Kautzsch, S. Mu, S. D. Wilson, J. W. Harter, and Bolin Liao, Absence of Phonon Softening across a Charge Density Wave Transition due to Quantum Fluctuations, roc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (31) e2507135122, PNAS-2025. Article link

3. B. R. Ortiz, W. R. Meier, G. Pokharel, J. Chamorro, F. Yang, S. Mozaffari, A. Thaler, S. J. Gomez Alvarado, H. Zhang, D. S. Parker, G. D. Samolyuk, J. A. M. Paddison, J. Yan, A. F. May, F. Ye, S. Sarker, S. D. Wilson, H. Miao, D. Mandrus, and M. A. McGuire1, Frontiers in the AM6X6 kagome metals; The LnNb6Sn6 (Ln:Ce–Lu,Y) family and density-wave transition in LuNb6Sn6, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 6, 5279–5292, 2025. Article link 

4. M. Tuniz, A. Consiglio, G. Pokharel, F. Parmigiani, T. Neupert, R. Thomale, G. Sangiovanni, S. D. Wilson, F. Cilento, D. Di Sante, and F. Mazzola, Strain-induced enhancement of the charge-density wave in the kagome metal ScV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 066501, 2025. Article link

5. M. E. Turiansky, S. Mu, L. Razinkovas, K. Parto, S. D. Patel, S. Doan, G. Pokharel, S. D. Wilson, G. Moody, and C. G. Van de Walle, Characterization of Chromium Impurities in β − Ga2O3, J. Appl. Phys. 137, 104401, 2025. Article link

6. F. Theuss, A. Shragai, G. Grissonnanche, L. Peralta, I. M. Hayes, S. R Saha, Y. S. Eo, A. Suarez, A. C. Salinas, G. Pokharel, S. D. Wilson, N. P. Butch, J. Paglione, and B. J. Ramshaw, Absence of a Bulk Thermodynamic Phase Transition to a Density Wave Phase in UTe2, Phys. Rev. B 110, 144507, 2024 (Editor’s suggestion). Article link

7. S. J. Gomez Alvarado, G. Pokharel, B. R. Ortiz, J. A. M. Paddison, S. Sarker, J. P. C. Ruff, and Stephen D. Wilson, Frustrated Ising charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. B (Letter) 110, L140304, 2024. Article link

8. H. S. Arachchige, L. M. DeBeer-Schmitt, L. L. Kish, B. K. Rai, A. F. May, D. S. Parker, G. Pokharel, Wei Tian, D. G. Mandrus, S. M. Thomas, P. F. S. Rosa, J. D. Thompson, S. Z. Lin, and A. D. Christian- son, Nanometric modulations of the magnetic structure of the element Nd, Materials Today Quantum, 100016, 2024. Article link

9. J. Plumb, A. Capa Salinas, K. Mallayya, E. Kisiel, F. Carneiro, R. Gomez, G. Pokharel, E.A. Kim, S. Sarker, Z. Islam, S. Daly, and S. D. Wilson, Phase-Separated Charge Order and Twinning Across Length Scales in CsV3Sb5, Phys. Rev. Materials 8, 093601, 2024. Article link

10. H. Li, S. Cheng, G. Pokharel, P. Eck, C. Bigi, F. Mazzola, G. Sangiovanni, S. D. Wilson, D. D. Sante, Z. Wang and I. Zeljkovic, Discovery of enormous orbital magnetic moments induced by finite Berry curvature in a kagome metal TbV6Sn6, Nat. Phys. 20, 1103–1109, 2024. Article link

11. S. J. Gomez Alvarado, E. Zoghlin, A. Jackson, L.s Kautzsch, J. Plumb, M. Aling, A. C. Salinas, G. Pokharel, Y. Pang, R. M. Gomez, and S. D. Wilson, LOKII project: Advances in high-pressure laser floating zone growth, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 95, 033903, 2024. Article link 

12. S. Cheng, Z. Ren, H. Li, J. Oh, H. Tan, G. Pokharel, J. Destefano, E. Rosenberg, Y. Guo, Y. Zhang, Z. Yue, Y. Lee, S. Gorovikov, M. Zonno, M. Hashimoto, D. Lu, L. Ke, F. Mazzola, J. Kono, R. J. Birgeneau, J. H. Chu, S. D. Wilson, Z. Wang, B. Yan, M. Yi, and I. Zeljkovic, Nanoscale visualization and spectral fingerprints of the charge order in ScV6Sn6 distinct from other kagome metals, npj Quantum Mater. 9, 14, 2024. Article link

13. G. Pokharel, B. Ortiz, L. Kautzsch, S. J. Gomez Alvarado, K. Mallayya, G. Wu, E. Kim, J. P. C. Ruff, S. Sarker, and S. D. Wilson, Frustrated charge order and cooperative distortions in ScV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. Mater 7, 104201, 2023. Article link

14. M. Tuniz, A. Consiglio, D. Puntel, C. Bigi, P. Eck, S. Enzner, G. Pokharel, P. Orgiani, W. Bronsch, V. Polewczyk, Phil D. C.4 King, Justin W. Wells, I. Zeljkovic, P. Carrara, G. Rossi, J. Fujii, I. Vobornik, S. D. Wilson, R. Thomale, G. Sangiovanni, G. Panaccione, F. Cilento, D. Di Sante, and F. Mazzola, Dynamics and Resilience of the Charge Density Wave in a bilayer kagome metal, Communications Materials 4,103, 2023. Article link

15. D. W. Kim, S. Liu, C. Wang, H. W. Nam, G. Pokharel, S. D. Wilson, J. -H. Cho, S. J. Moon, Infrared probe of charge density wave gap in ScV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. B 108, 205118, 2023. Article link

16. Y. Y. Pai, C. E. Marvinney, G. Pokharel, J. Xing, H. Li, X. Li, M. Chilcote, M. Brahlek, L. Lindsay, H. Miao, A. S. Sefat, D. Parker, S. D. Wilson, J. S. Gardner, L. Liang, B. J. Lawrie, Angular-Momentum Transfer Mediated by a Vibronic-Bound-State, Adv. Sci. 2304698, 2023. Article link 

17. B. R. Ortiz, A. C. Salinas, M. Knudtson, P. M. Sarte, G. Pokahrel, and S. D. Wilson, Complete miscibility of the AV3Sb5 kagome superconductors: design of mixed A-site AV3Sb5(A: K, Rb, Cs) alloys, Phys. Rev. Mater 7, 014801, 2023. Article link

18. L. Kautzsch, B. R. Ortiz, K. Mallayya, J. Plumb, G. Pokharel, J. P. C. Ru, Z. Islam, E. Kim, R. Seshadri, and S. D. Wilson, Structural evolution of the kagome superconductors AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, and Cs) through charge density wave order, Phys. Rev. Mater 7, 024806, 2023. Article link

19. D. D. Sante, C. Bigi, P. Eck, S. Enzner, A. Consiglio, G. Pokharel, P. Carrara, P. Orgiani, V. Polewczyk, J. Fujii, P. D. C King, I. Vobornik, G. Rossi, I. Zeljkovic, S. D. Wilson, R. Thomale, G. Sangiovanni, G. Panaccione, and F. Mazzola, Flat band separation and resilient spin-Berry curvature in bilayer kagome metals, Nat. Physics, 2023. Article link

20. K. E.Wycko, L. Kautzsch, J. L. Kaufman, B. R. Ortiz, A. Kallistova, G. Pokharel, K. M.Taddei, M. Frontzek, J. Liu, S. D. Wilson, A. V. Ven, and R. Seshadri, Electrochemical Control of Magnetism on the Breathing Kagome Network of LixScMo3O8, Chem. Mater. 2023. Article link

21. Z. Porter, G. Pokharel, J. Kim, P. J. Ryan, and S. D. Wilson, Incommensurate Magnetic Order in the Z2 Kagome Metal GdV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. B 108, 035134, 2023. Article link

22. L. Kautzsch, Y. M. Oey, H. Li, Z. Ren, B. R. Ortiz, G. Pokharel, R. Seshadri, J. Ruff, Z. Wang, I. Zeljkovic, S. D. Wilson, Incommensurate charge-stripe correlations in the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5−xSnx, npj Quantum Mater. 8, 37, 2023. Article link 

23. G. Pokharel, B. Ortiz, P. Sarte, L. Kautzsch, G. Wu, J. Ruff, S. D. Wilson, Highly anisotropic magnetism in the vanadium-based kagome metal TbV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 104202, 2022. Article link 

24. S. Gao, G. Pokharel, A. F. May, J. A. M. Paddison, C. Pasco, Y. Liu, K. M. Taddei, S. Calder, D. G. Mandrus, M. B. Stone, and A. D. Christianson, Line-Graph Approach to Spiral Spin Liquids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 237202, 2022. Article link

25. B. R. Ortiz, M. M. Bordelon, P. Bhattacharyya, L. Posthuma, G. Pokharel, P. M. Sarte, T. Petersen, M. S. Eldeeb, G. Granroth, C. R. Dela Cruz, L. Hozoi, S. Calder, D. L. Abernathy, and S. D. Wilson, Mixed-chalcogen delafossite compounds; discovery and crystal field analysis of RbCeO2 and RbCeX2 alloys (X2: S2, SeS, Se2, TeSe, Te2), Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 084402, 2022. Article link

26. G. Pokharel, S. M. L. Teicher, B. R. Ortiz, P. M. Sarte, G. Wu, S. Peng, J. He, R. Seshadri, and S. D. Wilson, Study of the electronic properties of topological kagome metals YV6Sn6 and GdV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. B 104 (23), 235139, 2021. Article link

27. G. Pokharel, H. Suriya Arachchige, S. Gao, Y. Qiu, G. Ehlers, S. -H. Do, M. Stone, J. A.Rodriguez-Rivera, H. Zhang, R. S. Fishman, S. Wilson, D. Mandrus, A. D. Christianson, Spin dynamics in skyrmion host lacunar spinel GaV4S8, Phys. Rev. B 104 (22), 224425, 2021. Article link

28. S. Peng, Y. Han, G. Pokharel (Equal contributions to the first author), Z. Li, M. Hashimoto, D.-H. Lu, Y. Luo, H. Li, M. Guo, B. Wang, S. Cui, Z. Sun, Z.-H. Qiao, S. D. Wilson, and J.-F. He, Intrinsic flat-bands, Dirac fermions and electron-boson coupling in kagome-lattice metal GdV6Sn6, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 266401, 2021. Article link

29. G. Sala, M. B. Stone, Binod K. Rai, A. F. May, Pontus Laurell, V. O. Garlea, N. P. Butch, M. D. Lumsden, G. Ehlers, G. Pokharel, D. Mandrus, D. S. Parker, S. Okamoto, G´abor B. Hal´asz, and A. D. Christianson, Van Hove singularity in the magnon spectrum of the antiferromagnetic quantum honeycomb lattice, Nat. Commun. 12, 171, 2021. Article link

30. B. K. Rai, G. Pokharel, H. Suriya Arachchige, S. H. Do, Q. Zhang, M. Matsuda, M. Frontzek, G. Sala, V. Ovidiu Garlea, A. D. Christianson, and A. F. May, Complex magnetic phases in the polar tetragonal material NdCoGe3, Phys. Rev. B 103, 014426, 2021 (Editor’s suggestion). Article link

31. S. Gao, A. F. May, M. Du, J. A. M. Paddison, H. Suriya Arachchige, G. Pokharel, C. dela Cruz, Q. Zhang, G. Ehlers, D. S. Parker, D. G. Mandrus, M. B. Stone, and A. D. Christianson, Hierarchical excitations from correlated spin tetrahedra on the breathing pyrochlore lattice, Phys. Rev. B 103, 214418, 2021. Article link

32. K. Thirunavukkuarasu, R. Richardson, Z. Lu, D. Smirnov, N. Huang, N. Combs, G. Pokharel, and D. Mandrus, Magneto-elastic coupling in multiferroic metal-organic framework [(CH3)2NH2]Co(HCOO)3, AIP Advances 11, 015040, 2021. Article link

33. G. Pokharel, H. Suriya Arachchige, T. J. Williams, A. F. May, R. S. Fishman, G. Sala, S. Calder, G. Ehlers, D. S. Parker, T. Hong, A. Wildes, D. Mandrus, J. A.M. Paddison, and A. D. Christianson, Cluster frustration in the breathing pyrochlore magnet LiGaCr4S8, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 167201, 2020 (Editor’s suggestion). Article link

34. E. M. Clements, R. Das, G. Pokharel, M. H. Phan, A. D. Christianson, D. Mandrus, J. C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, and H. Srikanth, Robust cycloid crossover driven by anisotropy in the skyrmion host GaV4S8, Phys. Rev. B 101, 094425, 2020 (Editors’ suggestion). Article link

35. G. Pokharel, A. F. May, D. S. Parker, S. Calder, G. Ehlers, A. Huq, S. A. J. Kimber, H. Suriya Arachchige, L. Poudel, M. A. McGuire, D. Mandrus, A. D. Christianson, Negative thermal expansion and magnetoelastic coupling in the breathing pyrochlore lattice material LiGaCr4S8, Phys. Rev. B 97, 134117, 2018. Article link

36. M. T Warren, G. Pokharel, A. D. Christianson, D. Mandrus, R. Vald´es Aguilar, Terahertz dielectric analysis and spin-phonon coupling in multiferroic GeV4S8, Phys. Rev. B 96, 054432, 2017. Article link

37. G. Pokharel, KS Syed Ali, SR Mishra, Structural, magnetic and Mossbauer studies of Ti-doped Gd2Fe17−xTix and Gd2Fe16Ga1−xTix (0≤ x≤ 1), J. Magn. Magn. Mater 382, Pages 31-42, 2015. Article link

Publications with Undergraduate students (Undergraduate students co-authors are underlined)

38. K. Shtefiienko, C. Phillips, M. J. Stitz, G. Pokharel, S. D. Wilson, D. E. Graf, and K. Shrestha, Pressure effects on the electronic properties of Ti-doped CsV3Sb5 kagome superconductor, Phys. Rev. B 111, 235135, 2025. Article link 

39. C. Phillips, G. Pokharel (Equal contributions to first author), K. Shtefiienko, S. R. Bhandari, D. E. Graf, D. P. Rai, and K. Shrestha, Electronic Structure of the Altermagnet FeSb2: High-Field Torque Magnetometry and Density Functional Theory Studies, Phys. Rev. B 111, 075141, 2025. Article link

40. B. R. Ortiz, P. M. Sarte, G. Pokharel, M. J. Knudston, S. J. Gomez, A. F. May, S. Calder, L. Mangin-Thro, A. R. Wildes, H. D. Zhou, G. Sala, C. R. Wiebe, S. D. Wilson, J. A. M. Paddison, and A. A. Aczel, Revisiting spin ice physics in the ferromagnetic Ising pyrochlore Pr2Sn2O7, Phys. Rev. B 109, 134420, 2024. Article link

41. C. Phillips, K. Shtefiienko, T. Nguyen, A. N. C. Salinas, B. A. Magar, Y. Wang, G. Pokharel, D. Popovi´c, S. D. Wilson, D. E. Graf, and K. Shrestha, Fermi surface reconstruction under pressure in kagome metal CsV3Sb5, Phys. Rev. B 110, 205135, 2024. Article link

42. C. Dhital, G. Pokharel, B. Wilson, I. Kendrick, M. Asmar, D. Graf, J. Guerrero-Sanchez, R. Gonzalez Hernandez, and S. D. Wilson, Evidence of 2D Fermi surface and non-trivial electronic topology in Kagome lattice magnet GdV6Sn6 using de Haas van Alphen oscillations, Phys. Rev. B 109, 235145, 2024. Article link

43. K. Shrestha, B. Regmi, G. Pokharel, S. G. Kim, S. D. Wilson, David E. Graf, C. Phillips, and T. Nguyen, Electronic properties of kagome metal ScV6Sn6 using high field torque magnetometry, Phys. Rev. B 108, 245119, 2023. Article link 

44. B. R. Ortiz, G. Pokharel, M. Gundayao, H. Li, F. Kaboudvand, L. Kautzsch, S. Sarker, J. P. C. Ruff, T. Hogan, S. J. Gomez Alvarado, P. M. Sarte, G. Wu, T. Braden, R. Seshadri, E. S. Toberer, I. Zeljkovic, S. D. Wilson, YbV3Sb4 and EuV3Sb4, vanadium-based kagome metals with Yb2+ and Eu2+ zig-zag chains, Phys. Rev. Mater 7, 064201, 2023. Article link

45. B. R. Ortiz, P. M. Sarte, G. Pokharel, M. Garcia, M. Marmolejo, S. D. Wilson, Traversing the pyrochlore stability diagram; microwave-assisted synthesis and discovery of mixed B-site Ln2InSbO7 family, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 094403, 2022. Article link