I received my BS in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, where I worked on shape-memory materials with Prof. Chris Schuh. Before starting my PhD studies at UC Berkeley, I worked at Allegheny Technologies (ATI), as a process automation engineer in a specialty materials melt shop. At UC Berkeley I am co-advised by Prof. Asta and Minor. My research will focus on leveraging both computational and experimental research for understanding structural materials properties. For more details, please see my personal webpage: madelynipayne.com

Google Scholar

Madelyn I. Payne

PhD Candidate, University of California - Berkeley

Research Interests

electron microscopymechanical properties

Publications

11 publications

Title	Year	Cited by
Exceptional fracture toughness of CrCoNi-based medium-and high-entropy alloys at 20 kelvin D Liu, Q Yu, S Kabra, M Jiang, P Forna-Kreutzer, R Zhang, M Payne, ... Science 378 (6623), 978-983, 2022	2022	602
Kink bands promote exceptional fracture resistance in a NbTaTiHf refractory medium-entropy alloy DH Cook, P Kumar, MI Payne, CH Belcher, P Borges, W Wang, F Walsh, ... Science 384 (6692), 178-184, 2024	2024	234
Determination of peak ordering in the CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy via nanoindentation M Zhang, Q Yu, C Frey, F Walsh, MI Payne, P Kumar, D Liu, TM Pollock, ... Acta Materialia 241, 118380, 2022	2022	104
Degradation of the mechanical properties of NbMoTaW refractory high-entropy alloy in tension P Kumar, X Gou, DH Cook, MI Payne, NJ Morrison, W Wang, M Zhang, ... Acta Materialia 279, 120297, 2024	2024	76
Fracture behavior of high-entropy alloys: Resistance to fracture from strain hardening and softening P Kumar, DH Cook, W Wang, M Payne, PPPO Borges, AM Minor, M Asta, ... Matter 8 (4), 2025	2025	15
Kink Band Structure in BCC HEAs and In-situ Observation of Its Evolution During Plastic Deformation X Chen, D Cook, M Payne, W Wang, M Asta, R Ritchie, A Minor Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (Supplement_1), ozaf048. 760, 2025	2025	1
Transmission electron microscopy characterization of deformation features in refractory high entropy alloys MI Payne, DH Cook, P Kumar, M Zhang, RO Ritchie, M Asta, AM Minor Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (Supplement_1), ozae044. 656, 2024	2024	1
Mapping Point Defect Landscapes in FCC Metals Using 4D-STEM Diffuse Scattering Signatures AR Bordas, MI Payne, SM Ribet, JI Deitz, AM Minor Microscopy and Microanalysis 32 (Supplement_1), ozag053. 605, 2026	2026	0
In-situ TEM Deformation of High Entropy Alloys MI Payne, M Zhang, VR Radmilović, P Kumar, M Asta, RO Ritchie, ... Microscopy and Microanalysis 29 (Supplement_1), 1518-1518, 2023	2023	0
Exploring crystallographic compatibility in polycrystalline Cu-based shape-memory alloys M Payne Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019	2019	0
Exceptional fracture toughness of CrCoNi-based medium-and high-entropy alloys at 20 kelvin M Payne Science, 0		0

Citations

	All	Since 2019
Citations	1,033	1,032
h-index	5	5
i10-index	5	5