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In addition to IRG research MEM·C also funds competitive exploratory and multidisciplinary team research.

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David Bergsman

Chemical EngineeringMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Mo Chen

Materials Science and EngineeringMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Douglas Reed

ChemistryMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Julie Rorrer

Chemical EngineeringMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Eleftheria Roumeli

Chemical EngineeringMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Gerald Seidler

PhysicsMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Zachary Sherman

Chemical EngineeringMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Shijing Sun

Mechanical EngineeringMEM-SeedResearch Faculty

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Recent Publications

1. Synthesis, assembly, and electrochemical performance of ultrasmall Sb₂S₃ nanoparticles

   Zachery R. Wylie, Guesang K. Leea, Soohyung Leea, Abdul Moeez, Guodong Ren, Juan-Carlos Idrobo, Peter J. Pauzauskie, Lilo D. Pozzo and Vincent C. Holmberg

   J. Mater. Chem. A, 2026

   DMR-2308979IRG 1Year 3

   Lilo Pozzo, Peter Pauzauskie

2. Autonomous phase mapping of gold nanoparticles synthesis with differentiable models of spectral shape

   Kiran Vaddi, Huat Thart Chiang, Aleksandra Grey, Zachery R. Wylie & Lilo D. Pozzo

   NJP Computational Materials, 2025, 11, 335

   DMR-2308979IRG 1Year 3

   Lilo Pozzo

3. Low-lying electronic structure of the rare earth based topological nodal line semimetal candidate DySbTe

   Nathan Valadez, Iftakhar Bin Elius, Dante James, Peter Radanovich, Tetiana Romanova, Sami Elgalal, Grzegorz Chajewski, Florie Mesple, Ellis Thompson, Keng Tou Chu, Matthew Yankowitz, Andrzej Ptok, Dariusz Kaczorowski, and Madhab Neupane

   Physical Review B, 2025, 112, 155148

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz

4. Accelerated sol–gel synthesis of nanoporous silica via integrated small angle X-ray scattering with an open-source automation platform

   Brenden Pelkie, Chi Yuet Yung, Zachery R. Wylie and Lilo D. Pozzo

   Digital Discovery, 2025

   DMR-2308979MEM-SeedYear 3

   Lilo Pozzo

5. Strongly interacting Hofstadter states in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

   Minhao He, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiaqi Cai, Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Ran Peng, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Ady Stern, B. Andrei Bernevig, Matthew Yankowitz, Oskar Vafek & Xiaodong Xu

   Nature Physics, 2025

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz, Xiaodong Xu