Sheng and Mark’s coauthored work on grain boundary “wormhole” corrosion in metals by molten salts is published in Nature Communications.

Mark steps down from Material Sciences Division Director to Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and begins a new position as Executive Associate Dean in the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley

Madelyn and Flynn’s coauthored study on the low-temperature fracture toughness of high-entropy alloys in published in Science.

Flynn and Madelyn also published a coauthored study on the chemical ordering of CrCoNi medium-entropy alloys in Acta Materialia.

Flynn’s ab-initio investigation of ferromagnetic behavior in ordered FCC NiCr alloys is published in Physical Review Materials.

David and Mark’s coauthored work on elucidating the chemical formula of Nesquehonite is published in Chemistry – A European Journal.

Buyu’s molecular dynamics study on hydrogen embrittlement on iron, using machine learned potentials, is published in Computational Materials Science.

Iwnetim leaves the group to begin as an Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Anas’s study of Lomer and Lomer-Cottrell dislocations in FCC Alloys is published in Physical Review Materials.

Enze’s work on using Jupyter Book to design an interactive Materials Informatics textbook is published in Journal of Chemical Education.

Luke, Nick, and Andrea publish their molecular dynamics study of electrical double layer structures in metal / molten salt systems in Journal of Chemical Physics.

Buyu passes the qualifying exam – congratulations, Buyu!

The group welcomes three new Ph.D. students: Pedro Borges, Yuan Chiang, and Matthew Kuner.

Flynn’s semiclassical Heisenberg model for predicting magnetic thermodynamics is published in npj Computational Materials.

Enze passes the Materials Science and Engineering qualifying exam and advances to Ph.D. candidacy. Congratulations, Enze!

Flynn receives the AS&T Excellence in Research (ASTER) Award!

Justin graduates with a BS in MSE and will continue here at UC Berkeley for his graduate studies!

Enze’s work on antiphase boundary energies in Ni₃Al-based alloys was published in npj Computational Materials

Nick passes the Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. qualifying exam. Congratulations, Nick!

Anas’s work on the effect of short-range ordering on dislocation cross-slip is published in Acta Materialia.

Anas’s molecular dynamics study of short-range ordering effects on screw dislocation mobility in Ni-Al is published in Scripta Materialia.

Lu graduates with her Ph.D. in MSE – congratulations, Lu!

Shivani and Mark’s coauthored work on optoelectronic properties of tellurium halide perovskites is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry.

Shahriar and Mark’s coauthored work on the mechanical property effects of aluminum and oxygen solutes in titanium is published in Nature Comms.

Shivani passes her qualifying exam to advance to Ph.D. candidacy – congratulations Shivani!

The Asta Group welcomes a new member, Buyu Zhang. Welcome, Buyu!

Nick’s work on chromium solvation in molten fluoride salts in published in Journal of Molecular Liquids.

The group welcomes a two new members: Iwnetim Abate, who will be joining as a Miller and Presidential Postdoctoral fellow, and Wenqing Wang, who joins as a Ph.D. student co-advised by Professor Ritchie.

Sheng’s, Anas’s, and Mark’s work on short range ordering and dislocation mobility in refractory HEAs is published in Nature Comms.

Sheng leaves the group to begin a job at Lam Research Corporation.

The Asta group says goodbye to Shahriar, who will be joining General Motors as an AI/ML Scientist.

Anas’s and Mark’s coauthored work on chirality in telluride crystals is published in Science.

Luke graduates with a BS in MSE and joins Ahmad Omar’s group for his graduate studies here at UC Berkeley!

The Asta Group welcomes Andrea Hwang, a new Ph.D. student. Welcome to the group, Andrea!

Flynn advances to Ph.D candidacy – congratulations, Flynn!

Anas is awarded a graduate fellowship from the UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program. Congrats Anas!

Madelyn passes the MSE Preliminary Exam – congratulations Madelyn!

Lu’s work on twin nucleation from < c+a > dislocations in HCP metals is published in Acta Materialia.

Jay receives his Ph.D. and will start as a Research Scientist at A*STAR. Congratulations, Jay!

Anas’s and Mark’s coauthored work on electroplasticity is published in Nature Materials. Shahriar’s, David’s, and Mark’s coauthored paper on oxygen impurities in Titanium is published in Science Advances.

The Asta Group welcomes new Ph.D. student, Madelyn Payne – welcome Madelyn!

Jay advances to Ph.D. candidacy – congratulations Jay!

Shahriar’s and Mark’s coauthored work on the electronic structure of 3D-derived PbSe monolayers is published in Chemistry of Materials.

Anas, Maeva, and Mark published their work on dislocation climb in FCC metals in Acta Materialia.

Anas advances to Ph.D. candidacy – congratulations Anas! Shivani’s and Mark’s coauthored study on the photoluminescence behavior of lead halides is published in Chemistry of Materials.

Enze wins the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – congratulations Enze!