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Research team

The current team members at M3L are engaged in atomistic simulations, materials research, and multiscale/multiphysics simulations (UIC+UIUC).

Current team

  1. Dr. Xavier Bidault – Reactive molecular dynamics and DFT Methods
  2. Dr. Pikee Priya – Machine learning and high-throughput DFT
  3. Xiaoli Yan – Materials Data and Workflow Automation
  4. Arash Elahi – Polymers and membranes
  5. Janki Brahmbhatt – Surface and interfaces in molecular materials
  6. Malav Thakore – Multiscale models of inkjet printing of electronics
  7. Anwesa Samanta – Carbon-based Superconductors
  8. Rajan Bhawnani (co-advised) – MOF synthesis and kinetic modeling

Recent Aumni

  1. Dr. Arash Tourky Samaei – multiscale-multiphysics simulations
  2. Dr. Thien Duong – High Entropy Alloys
  3. Dr. Kaushik Joshi – Reactive molecular dynamics and multiscale coupling
  4. Dr. Brian Mercer – Multiscale Methods in Additive Manufacturing
  5. Dr. Amir Farrokhpana – Atmospheric Plasma Modeling
  6. Dr. Pikee Priya – Microstructure modeling and high-throughput DFT
  7. Dansong Zhang – Nucleation and Solidification Dynamics
  8. Saankhya Bhargava – Molecular Fluid Dynamics in Mesoscale
  9. Dr. Naida Lacevic – Lead Simulation Specialist – Polymers and Mesoscale Dynamics – 2016
  10. Dr. Michael Garvey – First-principles based materials design and data mining – 2016
  11. Dr. Wenbo Du – Computational fluid dynamics and energy systems – 2016
  12. Maria Jaromin – Multiphysics simulations and fluid dynamics – 2017
  13. Joshua Schiller (MechSE) – Evolutionary search using first-principles theory – 2016
  14. Dr. Aslihan Sumer – DFT and Surface Chemistry under Electrochemical Conditions – 2016