Dr. Francis Alcorn is a postdoc in the Materials Physics group at Sandia National Labs working on novel scanning electron microscopy (SEM) instrumentation to augment understanding of semiconductor surfaces and interfaces, such as recent work on studying MoS2-LaCoO3 interfaces. These include ultrafast electron microscopy to measure fundamental speed limits for semiconductor measurements and secondary electron ‘plume’ imaging for measuring interfacial electric fields that underpin function of semiconductor devices. Dr. Alcorn did his PhD at the University of Illinois, studying atomic scale dynamics in light-absorbing materials with transmission electron microscopy for understanding light-matter interactions
Tim Brown
Dr. Timothy D. Brown has an interdisciplinary background in materials and electronic devices, which he uses to characterize, model, and benchmark brain-inspired devices built from nonlinear electrothermal materials. His work focuses on the translation and exploitation of nonlinear dynamical principles to design neuromorphic components like artificial axons and neurons. As of February, he will be joining Oklahoma State University as an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering.
Elliot Fuller
Elliot Fuller is a principal member of the technical staff in the Materials Physics Department at Sandia. His group is focused on nanoeletronics, the physics of correlated oxides, and developing new physical computing paradigms.
Sanjana Goyal
Sanjana is a junior at UC Berkeley majoring in Engineering Physics with a minor in EECS. Their research interests include studying particle interactions in 2D materials. Sanjana is currently conducting research at Sandia National Labs on neuromorphic materials and their nonlinear electrical properties.
Suhas Kumar
Sandia National Lab
(Co-Lead Thrust 1)
Kumar is a Sandia Principal Scientist and directs the Nonlinear Electronic Devices and Materials group.
Sangheon Oh
Sangheon Oh is a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering at University of California San Diego in 2023. His current research interests are in novel material and novel devices for neuromorphic computing.
Elena Salagre Rubio
Dr. Elena Salagre Rubio graduated from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with a BSc in Physics and later a MSc and a phD in Condensed Matter Physics, focusing on metal insulator transitions and novel ways of exploring them. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories where she is growing and studying complex oxides, including high entropy oxides that she later utilizes for the fabrication of devices for neuromorphic computing. She is also investigating such devices in terms of their operating mechanisms, comprising current and temperature localization during switching and the role of phase transitions in the material during these processes.
Alec Talin
Sandia National Lab
(Co-Lead Thrust 3)
Talin is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Materials Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.