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  This page contains information regarding group members' research interests and
  expertise. This can include what one works on, which packages/techniques one
  is familiar with, etc.
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# 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                                                    | Notes |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- |
| Jingyang W.    |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Aaron K.       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Jiyoon K.      | Multivalent-ion cathodes & solid-state diffusion                                                                                  | VASP, AIMD, NEB, ApproxNEB                                   |       |
| Howard L.      | LIB cathodes diffusion                                                                                                            | VASP, pymatgen-diffusion, NEB, ApproxNEB, InsertionElectrode |       |
| Max G.         |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Bryant L.      | Solid State Batteries, Solid State Electrolytes + Li Metal Anode, Solid State Interphase, Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials | VASP, AIMD, Interface DFT, MPMorph, PyACE, LAMMPs            |       |
| Mackinzie F.   | Metal oxide passivation films (zirconium + aluminum oxide)                                                                        | atomate2 defects workflow + pymatgen-analysis-defects        |       |
| Wayne Z.       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Nessa M.       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Patrick H.     |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Ruoxi Y.       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Tyler M.       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Rohith S.M.    |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Vir K.         | Solid state synthesis, high temperature diffusion                                                                                 | VASP, AIMD, PyACE                                            |       |
| Prathami K.    |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Theo J. I.     |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Hongqian Z.    |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Solomon O.     |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Roberta P.     |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Galio G.       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Nagappan N. C. |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
| Oliver H.      | SEI for Li Ion Battery Anodes (CRN, QChem DFT, some ML)                                                                           |                                                              |       |
| Mona A.        |                                                                                                                                   |                                                              |       |
