As an Assistant Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at UCLA, I lead the Materials Design through Dynamics (MD2) group. We build computational and experimental tools for engineering the properties of inorganic materials through synthesis design and control of atomic-scale transformations. Our work combines density functional theory, machine learning, and Monte Carlo simulations with feedback from in-situ characterization and robotic synthesis.
For more information about my research group and current projects, please visit our group website. For personal information, please refer to my CV or contact me at nszymanski@seas.ucla.edu.