Jingshan Du, a postdoctoral scientist at PNNL whose research focuses on crystallization pathways of water and other materials, was named a 2025 CAS Future Leader.

Machine learning and autonomous experimentation are poised to revolutionize how scientists grow very thin films on surfaces, important for technologies like microelectronics and quantum computing.

Postdoctoral scientist Jingshan Du received the Nanoscale Science and Technology Division Early Career Award from AVS.

Graduate student Ying Xia has been selected as a Graduate Student Award Finalist for the 2024 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting.

Sergei Kalinin honored with the David Adler Lectureship Award for contributions to materials physics through automated experimentation and ferroelectric materials work.

Bylaska and team will aim to make computational design of functional materials more targeted, impactful, and user friendly through this award.

Jim De Yoreo, a Battelle fellow and materials scientist, was elected vice-chair of the National Academy of Engineering’s Materials Section.

The International Association for Dental Research Mineralized Tissue Group awarded PNNL scientists and their collaborators a Best Paper recognition for research published in Nano Letters.

Jim De Yoreo was appointed member of DOE’s Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

PNNL receives a 2023 Federal Laboratory Consortium Far West Regional Award for a technological innovation that could help make the U.S. a producer of critical minerals used in electronics and energy production.

Researchers created the first open-source database of exotic materials eyed for use in quantum applications.

Jingshan Du was named an associate editor of the journal Frontiers for Young Minds, which publishes articles about scientific research for young readers.

Materials science postdoctoral researcher Jingshan Du received a Distinguished Student Program award to participate in the American Physical Society meeting.

Thin oxide films play an important role in electronics and energy storage. Researchers in PNNL’s film growth laboratory create, explore, and improve new thin oxide films.

Tiffany Kaspar’s work has advanced the discovery and understanding of oxide materials, helping develop electronics, quantum computing, and energy production. She strives to communicate her science to the public.

Fu brings expertise in identifying defects in quantum materials to the PNNL.

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj is committed to improving the quality and performance of metals with a big assist from atom probe tomography.

Two PNNL staff recognized for work advancing materials synthesis and computational tools by selection to join the National Academy of Engineering.

Steven Spurgeon, a materials scientist and microscopy researcher at PNNL, has been invited to join the editorial team at Microscopy and Microanalysis.

Molecular self-assembly expert Chun-Long Chen describes the challenges and opportunities in bio-inspired nanomaterials in a special issue of Chemical Reviews.