EMPLOYMENT / Education / Research Experience
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| Oct. 2020 - present |
Section Head Materials Theory, Modeling and Simulations Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Oct. 2020 - present |
Distinguished R. & D. Staff Member Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Jan. 2019 - Sept. 2020 |
Group Leader Condensed Matter Theory Group Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| June 2019 - Sept. 2020 |
Acting Group Leader Multiscale Theory Group Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Jan. 2017 - Sept. 2020 | Senior R. & D. Staff Member Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Feb. 2017 - Dec. 2020 | Associate Editor Journal of Applied Physics American Institute of Physics |
| May 2017 - Dec. 2018 |
Team Lead for Theory Integration and
Development Materials Theory Group Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Jan. 2012 - Jan. 2017 | R. & D. Staff Member Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Sept. 2008 - Jan. 2012 | R. & D. Associate Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Sept. 2005 - Sept. 2008 | Post-Doctoral Researcher Physics Department Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Post-doctoral Advisors: Prof. D. C. Langreth and Prof. K. M. Rabe |
| Sept. 2000 - Aug. 2005 | Graduate Student University of Pennsylvania Ph. D. in Theoretical Physical Chemistry Dissertation Title: "Theoretical investigations of complex-oxides: Understanding bulk ferroelectrics and oxide-metal interfaces" Doctoral Advisor: Prof. A. M. Rappe |
| Sept. 1996 - May 2000 | Undergraduate Student Vassar College B.A. in Chemistry with a correlate in Computer Science Cum laude en materias Undergraduate Senior Research Thesis Ab initio study: "Proton conduction in perovskite oxides" Undergraduate Thesis Advisor: Prof. M. A. Gomez (currently at Mount Holyoke) |
| Summer 1997 | Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Student Vassar College Project Title: "Red grass, green blood: Experimental study of the sulfur-aided conversion of heme porphyrins into chlorins" |
| Fall 1995 - Spring 1996 | College of the Bahamas, Bahamas |
| Fall 1990 - Spring 1995 | Freeport Anglican High School, Bahamas Valedictorian |
Awards and Honors |
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| 2013 |
DOE
Early Career Award |
| 2011 | European
Physics Letters Best of 2011: Euro. Phys. Lett. 94,
37006 (2011) |
| 2002 | IBM/ACS Graduate Student Award in Computational
Chemistry "The effects of oxygen vacancies on the hydration of alumina" |
| 2001 | Graduate Teaching Award, Chemistry Department, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2000 | Undergraduate Honors in Chemistry, Vassar College |
| 1996 | Lyford Key Scholar, College of the Bahamas |
Synergistic Activities |
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| Apr. 2021 |
8th International Congress on Ceramics (virtual, Korea) Symposium co-organizer |
| Apr. 2021 |
APS Committee on Meetings Committee
Member |
| Mar. 2021 |
TMS Public & Governmental Affairs
Committee Member |
| Mar. 2020 |
APS DCOMP Member-at-Large (elected) |
| Aug. 2020 |
APS Metropolis Award Committee Member |
| July 2020 |
ACS Award Committee Member |
| Aug. 2019 |
BES Roundtable, Liquid Solar Fuels |
| July 2019 | ACS Award Committee Member |
| July 2019 |
GFMAT-2 Symposium: "Ceramics Modeling, Genome and Informatics" co-organizer |
| Sept. 2018 |
NSF PIRE Review Panel Member |
| Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2018 |
CNMS User Executive Committee, Member at
Large |
| Mar. 2017 |
APS Focus Session: "van der Waals Bonding
in Advanced Materials" co-organizer with Leeor Kronig |
| Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2017 |
ORNL Chemistry and Materials Seminar
co-organizer with Craig Bridges |
| Mar. 2015 | APS Invited Session: "Frontiers of Electronic
Structure Theory for Materials" co-organizer with Volker
Blum, Ismaila Dabo and Timo Thonhauser |
| Jan. 2015 | "Fundamental
Physics of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials
Workshop" co-organizer with P. Ganesh and Haixuan
Xu |
| Mar. 2013 | APS Session: "Recent Developments in Density
Functional Theory" co-organizer with Timo Thonhauser |
| Feb. 2013 | Computational and Data-Driven Materials Review Panel,
National Science Foundation |
| Jan. 2013 | "Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics and Related
Materials 2013 Workshop" co-organizer with S. P. Beckman
and P. M. Gehring: |
| 2010 | ORNL 2010 Distinguished Seminar Series in Materials
Theory co-organizer with D. Xiao and S. Okamoto |
| June 2009 | Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation Review Panel,
National Science Foundation |
Professional |
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| American Physical Society (APS) Member American Chemical Society (ACS) Member American Ceramics Society (ACerS) Member Materials Research Society (MRS) Member The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Member |
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