Members
The people behind Materials Intelligence — faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate researchers, and alumni.
Faculty
Trevor David Rhone
Principal Investigator, ProfessorLiberal arts education from Macalester College and a PhD from Columbia University studying quantum electron systems. Research experience at NTT Basic Research Labs and the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, followed by a transition into materials informatics and machine learning for 2D magnetic materials discovery at Harvard.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Romakanta Bhattarai
Postdoctoral FellowPhD from the University of Memphis; MS from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Focuses on two-dimensional magnetic and topological quantum materials using first-principles calculations combined with machine learning tools.
Graduate Students
Peter Minch
PhD StudentBachelor's degree from Cornell (2020). Research on ab initio calculations and data-driven analyses for 2D materials.
Kai Wagoner-Oshima
PhD StudentBBA in Statistics/Quantitative Modeling (Baruch College) and BA in Applied Physics (Hunter College). Analyzes 2D materials through computational methods.
Antara Chakraborty
PhD StudentPhD student in physics.
Taiwo Akande
PhD StudentBackground in physics; focuses on machine learning to advance materials science in the context of 2D magnetic materials.
Undergraduate Students
Mags Martins
Undergraduate ResearcherSecond-year physics major interested in quantum computing and IP law.
Neel Iyer
Undergraduate ResearcherJunior, Applied Physics major, joined Fall 2023. Interested in wave propagation through nonuniform media.
Dylan Sheils
Undergraduate ResearcherSenior, passionate about quantum computing.
Yang Qiu
Undergraduate ResearcherJunior, Applied Physics major, researches machine learning for quantum information science materials.
Recent Graduates
- Qihan Fu — Senior undergrad, physics major — used machine learning to study and predict formation energy and magnetic moment of two-dimensional magnetic materials.
- Haralambos Gavras — Second-year undergrad, physics and math majors.
Past Team Members
- Yuhong Liu — M.S. student; applied physics and computer science degree (RPI, 2020) — neural networks for 2D magnetic properties.
- Naman Parikh — High school student (North Penn High School) — machine learning for thermodynamic properties; now at Carnegie Mellon.
- Vaishnavi Neema — Graduate student, IT with data science focus — electronics and communications engineering background.
- Jinzhe Zhang — Visiting researcher, INSA Lyon graduate — PhD candidate, University of Tokyo, under Prof. Koji Tsuda.
- Alana Commons — First-year undergrad, physics major — chemical properties and magnetism.
- Joshua Quinton — PhD student, physics (University of Illinois, 2019) — ab-initio materials analysis.
- David Medlock — Undergrad physics/mathematics, graduated December 2021 — formation energy predictions.
- Anindita Ghosh — PhD student, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering — B.Tech and M.Tech from Indian universities.
- Alvaro Olivero — Undergrad physics major.
- Ainsley Filkins — Undergrad physics major.
- Johari Dramiga — REU fellow.
- Alex Golub — REU fellow.