Jialu Li is a researcher at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), specializing in synchrotron-based soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (sXAS) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) techniques. Her work focuses on energy materials, such as catalysts, batteries, and hydrogen storage, as well as neuromorphic materials, aiming to advance sustainable energy solutions and next-generation computing
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.
Saul Perez Beltran
Matt Pharr
Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering Dept.
(Co-Lead, Early-Stage Investigator Professional Development)
Pharr is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. Pharr directs a solid mechanics research group in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M.
John Ponis
John got his B.S. in Chemistry from Kutztown University in 2011 and worked in industry, formulating metalworking fluids for International Chemical Company in Philadelphia until joining the Banerjee Research Group at Texas A&M University in 2020. John uses topochemical ion-exchange reactions to synthesize metastable transition metal oxide neuromorphic materials, and studies the atomic and electronic structural origins of their transport instabilities via X-ray scattering and spectroscopy. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, biking, studying post-industrial ideological history, and getting out of doors with his wife Caitlin and infant son Ansel.
Xiaofeng Qian
Texas A&M University; Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Qian is an associate professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. Qian leads a research group on theory and simulation at Texas A&M.
Manuel Quiroz
Benjamin Rogers
Benjamin Rogers is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow in Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee’s group at Texas A&M University. Ben hails from Austin, Texas and received his bachelor degrees from University of Texas at Austin. Ben currently uses scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study vanadium oxide interfaces. Additionally, Ben is receiving training to use Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy (STXM) to understand the fragmentation mechanisms of vanadium oxides.