MIT Mesoscale Nuclear Materials Group (MIT-MNM)

Roopeksha Agrawal – Undergraduate Student (UROP) (Wellesley)

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Wigner energy of lightly irradiated ceramics

Saleem A Al Dajani – Research Affiliate

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Aroush Amir Ali – Undergraduate Student (UROP) (Wellesley)

Mentored by Michael Short

Focus Area: RAM-3D: Combinatorial optimization of materials

Nouf AlMousa – Highly Active Alum (Princess Nourah Univ., Saudi Arabia)

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Kuba Anglin (he/him) – Visiting Student (Northeastern)

Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Active Projects: Geigers for Everyone

Focus Area: TGS mapping of PVD combinatorial fusion materials

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Oshrat Appel – Visiting Scientist (BGU, Israel)

Rachel Batista – Administrative Assistant

Focus Area: Tricky detective work

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Brock Billingsley – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Michael Short

Focus Area: RAM-3D: Magnetic material combinatorial optimization

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Elena Botica Artalejo – Graduate Student

Jointly supervised by Gregory Wallace

Focus Area: Combinatorial Synthesis and Rapid Testing of CuCrX Alloys for Fusion RF Plasma Antennas

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Wande Cairang – Graduate Student

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Active Projects: Irradiation/Corrosion

Focus Area: Radiation-Decelerated Corrosion in Liquid Lead

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Rome O Campbell – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Stanley Chang

Focus Area: Quantifying spinodal decomposition-induced stiffening

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Penghui Cao – Highly Active Alum

Active Projects: Fouling Deposit Prevention, Wigner Energy

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Angelo Chaca – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Wigner energy of lightly irradiated ceramics

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Stanley Chang – Graduate Student

Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig

Focus Area: Proton Cyclotron Irradiation for Examining Fusion Materials

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Matthew Chew – Highly Active Alum

Jointly supervised by Jacopo Buongiorno

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Merrill K Chiang – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Max Chu

Focus Area: Quantifying spinodal decomposition-induced stiffening

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Max Rae Chu – Graduate Student

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams

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Dagny Davis – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Wigner energy of lightly irradiated ceramics

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Aaron De Leon – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Impact of grain orientation on molten salt corrosion

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Cody A. Dennett – Highly Active Alum (CFS)

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Alexis Rustam Devitre (He/Him) – Highly Active Alum (UTK)

Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Degradation and recovery of superconducting properties under irradiation at cryogenic temperatures

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Angela Dong – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Alicia Elliott

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Cameron Eddington – Undergraduate Student (UROP) (Wellesley)

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Wigner energy of lightly irradiated ceramics

Alicia M. Elliott – Graduate Student

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams

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Sara Elizabeth Ferry – Research Scientist

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Focus Area: ARC vacuum vessel and blanket tank materials design

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David Fischer – Research Scientist

Focus Area: Irradiation enhancement of REBCO superconductors for fusion energy

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Zoe L Fisher (she/her) – Graduate Student

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Current pulse annealing of irradiated high-temperature superconductors

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Frank A Garner – Research Affiliate (TAMU)

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Hannah Gazdus – Research Scientist

Jointly supervised by Haruko Wainwright

Focus Area: Automated toenail NAA machine building

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Alyona Glushko – Visiting Scientist (Kharkiv Poly.)

Mentored by Michael Short

Lucy Greenup – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Aurélien Legoupil

Focus Area: TGS analysis of irradiated optical fibers

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Anna Koel Hill-Jones – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Michael Short

Focus Area: RAM-3D: Combinatorial titanium alloy optimization

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Charlie Hirst (He/Him) – Highly Active Alum (U. Mich.)

Active Projects: Wigner Energy

Focus Area: Direct measurement of Wigner energy from radiation damage

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Timo Horn-Domonkos – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Youho Lee

Focus Area: Radiation-assisted corrosion of tungsten in FLiPb molten salt

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Caroline Jiang – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: Cryo-irradiation of HTS layers

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Miaomiao (Mia) Jin – Highly Active Alum (Penn State)

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Poorvja Joshi – Undergraduate Student (UROP) (Wellesley)

Mentored by Zoe Fisher

Focus Area: TGS of thermal properties of irradiated ceramics

Alina Jugan – Graduate Student

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Flowing corrosion phenomena in molten halide salts

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Samantha Karlson – Graduate Student

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: Irradiation induced changes in metal hydride thermal transport

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Matthew H Kim – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Max Chu

Focus Area: Quantifying spinodal decomposition-induced stiffening

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Nayoung Kim – Graduate Student

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Impurity-driven irradiation/corrosion in molten salts

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Evan Lambert – Graduate Student

Focus Area: 10-30MeV proton irradiation of nuclear materials

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Peri Landau – Highly Active Alum (NRCN)

Focus Area: Uranium high entropy alloys, Wigner energy of neutron irradiated beryllium

Jared Lavarra – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: Cryo-irradiation of HTS layers

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Youho Lee – Associate Professor (SNU, Korea)

Focus Area: Corrosion in FLiPb, in situ Zircaloy hydride analysis

Nate Martinez – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Wande Cairang

Focus Area: Irradiation/corrosion of Nb-1Zr

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Liam J McCummings – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Angus Wylie

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Mikhail Merezhko – Research Affiliate (INP, Kazakhstan)

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Taichi Miyagishi – Visiting Student (Tohoku U. (Japan))

Mentored by Zoe Fisher

Focus Area: I3TGS of flow stresses in irradiated ceramics

Ishan Nahian – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Michael Short

Focus Area: RAM-3D: Combinatorial thermal barrier coating (TBC) optimization

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Avery Nguyen (they/them) – Postdoctoral Associate

Active Projects: Uranium Forensics

Focus Area: Measuring radiation damage of PCTFE gaskets for nuclear enrichment forensics

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Adria Peterkin – Graduate Student

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Active Projects: Irradiation/Corrosion

Focus Area: Radiation-affected corrosion in impurity-laden molten salt

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Celestina Pint (she/her) – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Nayoung Kim

Focus Area: Corrosion in molten fluoride salts

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Grace Qiu – Undergraduate Student (UROP) (Wellesley)

Mentored by Samantha Karlson

Focus Area: TGS of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels

Brianna Ryan – Graduate Student

Focus Area: New neutrino detection techniques for nuclear safeguards

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Akmal Askarovich Safarov – Research Affiliate (SSU Uzbekistan)

Focus Area: Toenails for citizen science

Stefano Segantin – Research Affiliate (Polito, Italy)

Focus Area: Linking potential energy landscape heterogeneity to radiation damage resistance

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Pavel Shilenko – Graduate Student

Focus Area: Materials for microstirling engines

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Michael Philip Short (Chaotic/Good) – Professor

Focus Area: Tricky radiation and coupled effects

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Rachel Shulman – Administrative Assistant

Focus Area: Co-director of FFUSars

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Donghyeon Son – Visiting Student (SNU, Korea)

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: TGS of irradiated Zircaloys containing hydrogen

Ziv Ungarish – Research Affiliate (BGU, Israel)

Focus Area: Irradiation resistance of uranium-based high entropy alloys

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Meenakshi (Ash) Unnithan – Undergraduate Student (UROP)

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Wigner energy of lightly irradiated ceramics

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Keshav Vasuveda – Graduate Student

Jointly supervised by Sara Ferry

Focus Area: Corrosion of SiC with sintering additives

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Gregory Wallace – Research Scientist

Focus Area: Radiation resistant Cu-alloys for RF antennas for fusion

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Kevin B Woller – Principal Research Scientist

Active Projects: Irradiation/Corrosion

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Angus Wylie – Research Scientist

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams

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Yang Yang – Highly Active Alum (Penn State)

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Weiyue Zhou – Research Scientist

Active Projects: Irradiation/Corrosion

Focus Area: Mechanisms of radiation-affected corrosion

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