Postdoc & Graduate Student Advisory Board Lead
Michelle Smeaton joined NREL in early 2023. Her research focuses on using in situ electron microscopy to elucidate structure-property relationships in materials and devices for neuromorphic computing. Her research interests include scanning/transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, in situ characterization, and materials for neuromorphic devices.
Alex Strasser
Alex’s research interests are primarily on the optical and electronic properties of two-dimensional materials, using first-principles calculations to predict electronic and phononic band structure, spin texture, second harmonic generation, shift photocurrent, and more. He is developing new quantum geometric approaches to calculate nonlinear optical responses, and for REMIND, he is performing spatially resolving electrostatic potential calculations across interfaces. Alex also has research interests in the philosophy of religion, ethics, and philosophy of science and how they intersect with one another.
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.
Lance Wheeler
NREL
(Co-Lead, Early-Stage Investigator Professional Development)
Wheeler is a staff scientist at NREL. Dr. Wheeler has contributed to various multi-institution BES-funded research centers such as NREL’s Solar Photochemistry Core Program and the Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, a former EFRC.
Stan Williams
Texas A&M University; Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
(Director)
R. Stanley Williams, one of the initiators of neuromorphic computing, joined Texas A&M in 2019 as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering after 23 years at Hewlett Packard. Williams served in various management roles in HP/HPE, included Laboratory Director, Chief Technologist for Sensing Solutions, and most recently, Director of the Rebooting Computing program. He previously served on the BES Advisory Committee.
Kyung Seok Woo
Kyung Seok Woo is a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is also a postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Seoul National University. His current research interests include resistance switching devices and computing systems.
Yeounju Yu
Yeonju received her M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from Texas A&M in 2023, and she joined the Prof. Shamberger Research Group at Texas A&M that same year. Her research focuses on the electro-thermal dynamics of non-linear electronic materials through 3D FE modeling. She also contributes to electrical characterization and VO2 film deposition.