Arunabha’s research interests are computational material science, computational mechanics, phase field method, crystal plasticity modelling, materials design, data-driven model discovery, machine/deep learning, and physics informed neural networks.
Srikrishna Sagar
Srikrishna Sagar’s primary role at NREL is to design, fabricate, and characterize the memory devices using transition-metal coordination complexes. Sagar is focused on achieving low-power switching, followed by probing the charge transport mechanism behind the conductance and/or capacitance switching properties. He’s utilizing the spectrochemical technique to understand the distinct oxidation states and variations in absorbance observed within the complexes to correlate with the obtained current-voltage characteristics obtained from the fabricated two-terminal crossbar molecular devices. His research interests include molecular switching devices, oscillators, and photodetectors.
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.
Sarnali Sanfui
Sarnali has been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University under the supervision of Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg since June 2023. Her research work is primarily focused on the design, synthesis, and electrocatalytic application of novel bimetallic and multimetallic complexes, inspired by the biological metalloenzymes such as [Fe-Fe] hydrogenase and nitrile hydratase. She earned her Ph.D. (2023) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Subsequently, she transitioned to her postdoctoral role in Prof. M. Darensbourg’s Group to further advance her expertise in the field of bioinorganic chemistry.
Michelle Smeaton
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.
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.