> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://materialsproject.gitbook.io/persson-group-handbook/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://materialsproject.gitbook.io/persson-group-handbook/health-and-well-being/group-member-expertise.md).

# Group Member Expertise

The following table shows group members' expertise. Please consult this table if you need help/mentoring on a specifc topic or package, or if you just would like to know what everyone's working on.

| Name           | Research Topics                                                                                                                                | Expertise                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Patrick H.     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Wilma R.       | SEI formation and transport in liquid electrolytes                                                                                             | Qchem/DFT and MD/Gromacs                                                                                                                    |
| Eymana M.      |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Wayne Z.       | Optics; Semiconductors; Color Theory; Catalysis                                                                                                | poweruser of slurm via [sustodian](https://github.com/wuz75/sustodian); atomate2 + fireworks; VASP; agentic workflow submission & debugging |
| Nessa M.       |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Jaemin Y.      | Solid State Synthesis; Agentic Workflows for Materials Science                                                                                 | ReactCA, MCP, LLM                                                                                                                           |
| Yinhe W.       |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Tyler M.       |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Rohith S.M.    |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Vir K.         | Solid state synthesis, high temperature diffusion                                                                                              | VASP, AIMD, PyACE                                                                                                                           |
| Prathami K.    | Lattice dynamics of Metal Organic Frameworks                                                                                                   | VASP, MLIPs, Phonons                                                                                                                        |
| Jihye P.       |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Hongqian Z.    |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Matthew L.     | Deep learning for geochemistry, DFT for disordered materials                                                                                   | Electrochemistry, catalysis, surface science                                                                                                |
| Roberta P.     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Galio G.       |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Nagappan N. C. | Understanding SEI formation and evolution in Na-Ion batteries using CRNs, DFT and MD                                                           | Metal-ion batteries, Reaction Networks, QChem                                                                                               |
| Oliver H.      | SEI for Li Ion Battery Anodes (CRN, QChem DFT, some ML)                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                             |
| Mona A.        | Developing MLIPs for solid/liquid interfaces, understanding SEI for Li ion batteries using eCRNs and kMC simulations, catalytic CO2 conversion | ASP, CP2K, QChem, eCRNs, Microkinetic Modeling, Catalysis, Surface Science, Li-ion batteries                                                |
| Colin B.       |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Min-Hsueh C.   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                             |
| Brendan F.     |                                                                                                                                                | API Design, Bioinformatics                                                                                                                  |