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Sergei Kalinin is a joint appointee at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, serving as the chief scientist for artificial intelligence and machine learning for physical sciences and also as the Weston Fulton Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He previously worked at Amazon (special projects) as a principal scientist (2022 – 2023) and spent 20 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he was a corporate fellow and a group leader at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (2020 – 2022), as well as the director for the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials (2014 – 2019). Kalinin has co-authored >850 publications, with a total citation of >55,000 and an h-index of >116.

• Automated experiment and machine learning in electron and scanning probe microscopy for physics discovery and materials optimization
• Electromechanical, electrical, and transport phenomena on the nanoscale in ferroelectric and energy storage and conversion materials
• Atom by atom fabrication by electron beams

• PhD in materials science, the University of Pennsylvania, 2002
• MS in materials science, Moscow State University, 1998

• Editor, NPJ Computational Materials, 2015 – Present 
• Board of Directors, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2018 – 2021
• Co-founder and Inaugural Member at large, American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Data Science, 2018
• Award Diversity Subcommittee, 2017 – 2018
• Chair Line, Nanoscale Science and Technology Division, AVS, 2016 – 2018
• Member, Program Development Subcommittee, MRS, 2014 – 2018
• Editorial Advisory Board, American Chemical Society Nano, 2014 – Present 
• Conference Organizer, MRS 2014 Spring Meeting
• Member, Academia Europaea
• Follow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 
• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
• Fellow, AAIA
• Fellow, MRS
• Fellow, APS
• Fellow, MSA
• Fellow IoP
• Fellow, IEEE
• Fellow Foresight Institute 
• Fellow, AVS

• David Adler Lectureship Award, APS, 2025
• Duncumb Award, MAS 2024
• ACerS Orton Lecture, 2023
• Medard Welch Award, AVS, 2023
• Manuel Cardona Award Lecture, 2023
• AVS NSTD Nanotechnology Recognition Award, 2023
• Feynman Experimental Prize, Foresight Institute, 2022
• R&D 100 Awards, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2022
• Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists, 2018
• Medal for Scanning Probe Microscopy, Royal Microscopical Society, 2015
• Young Investigator Award, IEEE-UFFC Ferroelectrics, 2010
• Burton Medal for Young Investigator, Microscopy Society of America, 2010
• Young Investigator Award, ISIF, 2009
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2009
• Robert L. Coble Award for Young Scholars, American Ceramic Society, 2009
• Peter Mark Memorial Award for Young Scientists, AVS: Science and Technology Society, 2008
• Ross Coffin Purdy Award of American Ceramic Society, 2003 

Sergei V. Kalinin, Yongtao Liu, Arpan Biswas, Gerd Duscher, Utkarsh Pratiush, Kevin Roccapriore, Maxim Ziatdinov, Rama Vasudevan, Mani Valleti, Mahshid Ahmadi. Human-in-the-loop machine learning for automated experiment: computation, synthesis, microscopy, and characterization, provisional patent filed.

Ziatdinov; Maxim A, Roccapriore; Kevin, Liu; Yongtao, Kelley; Kyle P, Vasudevan; Rama K, Hinkle; Jacob D, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2024. Machine learning-driven operation of instrumentation with human in the loop. Document/Patent number: US-20240288467-A1

Ziatdinov; Maxim A, Roccapriore; Kevin, Liu; Yongtao, Kelley; Kyle P, Vasudevan; Rama K, Hinkle; Jacob D, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2023. Science-driven automated experiments. Document/Patent number: US-11982684-B1 

Kalinin; Sergei V, Jesse; Stephen, Borisevich; Albina Y, Dyck; Ondrej E, Sumpter; Bobby G, Unocic; Raymond R. 2022. Atomic-scale e-beam sculptor. Document/Patent number: 
US-11518674-B2

Ovchinnikova; Olga S, Borodinov; Nikolay, Ievlev; Anton V, Kalinin; Sergei V, Vasudevan; Rama K. 2022. Pan-sharpening for microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-11313878-B2

Kalinin; Sergei V, Jesse; Stephen, Dyck; Ondrej E, Sumpter; Bobby G. 2020. Beam controlled nano-robotic device. Document/Patent number: US-10777381-B1

Borisevich; Albina Y, Jesse; Stephen, Kalinin; Sergei V, Lupini; Andrew R, Unocic; Raymond R, He; Qian. 2019. Bulk nanofabrication with single atomic plane precision via atomic-level sculpting of crystalline oxides. Document/Patent number: US-10400351-B2

Maksymovych; Petro, Tselev; Alexander, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2018. Microwave AC conductivity of domain walls. Document/Patent number: US-10160645-B2

Jesse; Stephen, Belianinov; Alex, Kalinin; Sergei V, Somnath; Suhas. 2017. Full information acquisition in scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy. Document/Patent number: US-9612257-B1

Kalinin; Sergei V, Jesse; Stephen, Collins; Liam F, Rodriguez; Brian J. 2016. Electrochemical force microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-9541576-B2

Jesse; Stephen, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2017. Band excitation method applicable to scanning probe microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-9535087-B2

Jesse; Stephen, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2015. Band excitation method applicable to scanning probe microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-9097738-B2

Kalinin; Sergei V, Balke; Nina, Borisevich; Albina Y, Jesse; Stephen, Maksymovych; Petro, Kim; Yunseok, Strelcov; Evgheni. 2014. Real space mapping of oxygen vacancy diffusion and electrochemical transformations by hysteretic current reversal curve measurements. Document/Patent number: US-8752211-B2

Kalinin; Sergei V, Balke; Nina, Kumar; Amit, Dudney; Nancy J, Jesse; Stephen. 2014. Real space mapping of ionic diffusion and electrochemical activity in energy storage and conversion materials. Document/Patent number: US-8719961-B2

Jesse; Stephen, Kalinin; Sergei V, Nikiforov; Maxim P. 2013. Spatially resolved quantitative mapping of thermomechanical properties and phase transition temperatures using scanning probe microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-8484759-B2

Jesse; Stephen, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2013. Band excitation method applicable to scanning probe microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-8448502-B2

Jesse; Stephen, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2010. Band excitation method applicable to scanning probe microscopy. Document/Patent number: US-7775086-B2

Kalinin; Sergei V, Christen; Hans M, Baddorf; Arthur P, Meunier; Vincent, Lee; Ho Nyung. 2010. Ferroelectric tunneling element and memory applications which utilize the tunneling element. Document/Patent number: US-7759713-B2

Kalinin; Sergei V, Baddorf; Arthur P, Lee; Ho Nyung, Shin; Junsoo, Gruverman; Alexei L, Karapetian; Edgar, Kachanov; Mark. 2007. Ultrahigh density ferroelectric storage and lithography by high order ferroic switching. Document/Patent number: US-7292768-B1

Kalinin; Sergei V, Christen; Hans M, Baddorf; Arthur P,), Meunier; Vincent, Lee; Ho Nyung. 2007. Ferroelectric tunneling element and memory applications which utilize the tunneling element. Document/Patent number: US-20070205448-A1

Shao; Rui, Kalinin; Sergei V, Bonnell; Dawn A. 2006. Scanning probe microscopy apparatus and techniques. Document/Patent number: US-7093509-B2

Bonnell; Dawn A, Kalinin; Sergei V, Alvarez; Rodolfo Antonio. 2006. Spatially resolved electromagnetic property measurement. Document/Patent number: US-7078896-B2

Bonnell; Dawn A, Alvarez; Rodolfo Antonio, Kalinin; Sergei V. 2006. Directed assembly of nanometer-scale molecular devices. Document/Patent number: US-6982174-B2

Bonnell; Dawn A, Kalinin; Sergei V, Alvarez; Rodolfo Antonio. 2005. Spatially resolved electromagnetic property measurement. Document/Patent number: US-6873163-B2

Bonnell; Dawn, Johnson; Alan T, Kalinin; Sergei V, Freitag; Marcus. 2004. Tip calibration standard and method for tip calibration. Document/Patent number: US-6720553-B2