Candace Chan
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors; electrochemical energy storage, solar-to-fuel photoelectrochemistry, nanomaterial synthesis.
Materials of the Universe
Qijun Hong
Qijun Hong
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Density functional theory, deep learning, high temperature high pressure materials, materials design and discovery, database and infrastructure, prediction of materials properties
Alexandra Navrotsky
Alexandra Navrotsky
Regents Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Solid state chemistry, thermodynamics and structure of materials. Energy materials (fuel cells, batteries and water splitting), nuclear energy materials, hybrid inorganic/organic materials, zeolites, material stability on Earth and other planets
Arunima K. Singh
Arunima K. Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Computational study of two-dimensional materials for nano-electronic and solar-energy conversion; high-throughput materials discovery through atomistic simulations; fundamental properties of materials’ interfaces; density functional theory simulations
David Smith
David Smith
Regents’ Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Development and applications of atomic-resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy; oxide / semiconductor interfaces; solar-cells and optoelectronic devices; nanostructured materials; high-power III-nitride devices.