Current Team

Principal Investigator


S. Pamir Alpay, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
UConn | UConn Health
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor: Materials Science & Engineering, Physics

Research Interest
Materials theory, computational materials science, and multiscale materials modeling; metal additive manufacturing; thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations in correlated systems; materials for electrical contacts; electrothermal properties

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Research Scientists


 

Sanjeev Nayak on Nov. 16, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Sanjeev K. Nayak, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interest
First-principles thermodynamics, defects in solids, defect induced magnetism and structural transformations in complex oxides

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Sanjubala Sahoo on Nov. 16, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Sanjubala Sahoo, Ph.D. 
Research Scientist, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interest
First-principles modeling, physics and chemistry of surfaces, catalysis and magnetism

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Baris Yavas, Ph.D. 
Research Scientist, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interest
Advanced characterization techniques (Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam Milling, X-ray diffraction); Microstructural development; Novel alloy development for additive manufacturing; Failure analysis; Materials in extreme environments

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Ramesh Paudel, Ph.D. 
Research Scientist, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interest
Design novel ferroelectric 2D materials utilizing density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD).

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Graduate Students


Cassidy Atkinson
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interest
First-principles modeling, defects in solids, functional ceramics

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Thomas Reid on Nov. 16, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Thomas Reid
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science

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Serzat Safaltin
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science

Research Interest
III-V Nitride ferroelectric materials, first-principles method, molecular dynamics, phase-field modeling, device simulations.

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Devesh Kale
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science

Research Interest
2D Ferroelectric material, Janus materials

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Taradutt Pattnaik
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interest
First-principles modeling, point defects

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Undergraduate Students


Victoria Bradford
Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interest
Ferroelectric thin films for computer hardware, nitride material modeling

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Morgan Xu
Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interest
Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Metal Characterization

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