News & recognition
Awards, science highlights, and media coverage from the group.
Romakanta Bhattarai — APS Data Science postdoc travel award
Romakanta received an American Physical Society Topical Group on Data Science postdoc travel award.
Dylan Sheils — Class of 1902 Research Prize
Dylan earned the Class of 1902 Research Prize for exceptional senior research in the School of Science.
Kai Wagoner-Oshima — Edward Brown Graduate Prize in Physics
Kai received the Edward Brown Graduate Prize in Physics for theoretical condensed matter research.
Hannah Nemeth — Student poster award
Hannah won a student poster award for her research presentation.
ALCF science highlight
The lab's investigation "Materials Informatics Study of Two-Dimensional Magnetic Materials" was designated an Argonne Leadership Computing Facility science highlight.
Rensselaer News covers AI-guided van der Waals magnets study
Rensselaer News published coverage of the group's article in Advanced Theory and Simulations, "Artificial Intelligence Guided Studies of van der Waals Magnets."
Joseph A. Johnson Award
Professor Rhone was honored by AIP and the National Society of Black Physicists for work combining computer simulations and artificial intelligence to navigate an estimated 10^100 candidate materials.
NSF CAREER Award
Professor Rhone secured a competitive five-year NSF CAREER grant supporting early-career researchers with strong innovation potential in materials discovery acceleration.