Early Career Network Alumni

	ENRIQUE ALVARADO Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2019-2021 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8616-2953 https://www.linkedin.com/in/enrique-alvarado-343939142/ Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, employed by: University of California Davis
	PRAVALIKA BUTREDDY Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2024-2025 https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravalika-reddy-7983b6ab/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a postdoctoral research associate
	PING CHEN Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021-2025 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4527-4561 Number of IDREAM publications: 6 After IDREAM, employed by: Fuzhou University: Fuzhou, Fujian, CN
	ROBERTO COLINA-RUIZ Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2022-2024 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-0275 https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-a-colina-ruiz-phd-11a43574/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Beamline Scientist, University of Chicago; guest researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory
	NICK D'ANNUNZIO Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-0078 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-d-annunzio-a79356136/ Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Texas, Austin, grad student; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PhD intern
	MATEUSZ DEMBOWSKI Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2017-2020 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6665-8417 linkedin.com/in/mateusz-dembowski-6a340639 Number of IDREAM publications: 17 After IDREAM, employed by: Los Alamos National Laboratory
	LANCE EDENS Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-8408 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-edens/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Oregon Health & Science University
	YIFU FENG Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2025 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5830-4697 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yifu-feng-a84a78325 IDREAM Publications: 0 After IDREAM, employed by: Relocated to China, pending
	RAFAL GORNIAK Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2019-2021 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-6610 Number of IDREAM publications: 4 After IDREAM, employed by: Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals Division in Poznań, Poland
	QING GUO Institute while in IDREAM: University of Utah, 2021-2023 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-0466 https://www.linkedin.com/in/qing-guo-79156a155/ Number of IDREAM publications: 6 After IDREAM, employed by: Relocated to China, pending
	HEMANTH HARIDAS Institute while in IDREAM: University of Utah, 2024-2026 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2681-5238 IDREAM Publications: 0 After IDREAM, employed by: Relocated to India, pending
	JAEYOUNG HEO Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021-2024 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6329-5382 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaeyoung-heo-4276821a2 IDREAM Publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: LG Chem in South Korea as a microscopy professional
	HANNAH HLUSHKO Institute while in IDREAM: University of NOTRE DAME, 2021-2023 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-144X https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanna-hlushko-9a6526138/ Number of IDREAM publications: 4 After IDREAM, employed by: Idaho National Laboratory, postdoctoral researcher
	HANG HU Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington, 2019-2022 https://orcid.org/000-0002-1371-3857 https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanghu/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Google
	PATRICIA HUESTIS Institute while in IDREAM: University of Notre Dame, 2016-2020 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1863-2757 https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-huestis-05b6449b/ Number of IDREAM publications: 8 After IDREAM, employed by: Los Alamos National Laboratory
	JOESEPH M. KASPER Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington, 2016-2017 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3840-484X https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-kasper-809ab84a/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Los Alamos National Laboratory
	ANTHONY J. (AJ) KRZYSKO Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2017-2020 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2438-9730 https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-j-krzysko-b5882620/ Number of IDREAM publications: 4 After IDREAM, employed by: Argonne National Laboratory
	DAVID B. LINGERFELT Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington, 2018 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-0534 https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lingerfelt-70a39b174/ Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, employed by: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
	JUEJING LIU Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2022-2026 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4141-8174 IDREAM Publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: PNNL as a geochemistry postdoctoral research associate
	TINGTING LIU Institute while in IDREAM: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2022-2024 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-690X https://www.linkedin.com/in/tingting-liu-7053868/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Maryland on a joint project with NASA
	LIXIN LU Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington, 2020-2023 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3203-4822 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lixin-lu-698363146/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Stanford University, postdoctoral researcher
	ERNESTO MARTINEZ-BAEZ Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2016-2020 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6100-3932 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernesto-martinez-baez-ph-d-414550b9/ https://ernek.github.io/ (Personal Website) Number of IDREAM publications: 6 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Washington
	BEATA LAYLA MEHDI Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2016-2017 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8281-9524 Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Liverpool, Great Britain
	SIDHANT PEDNEKAR Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2018 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6670-9149 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidhantpednekar/ Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: Millennium Management, NY
	DAN POPE Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2017-2021 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7944-9086 https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljpope/ Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: Washington State University
	MAXIME POUVREAU Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2017-2026 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0447-4524 Number of IDREAM publications: 13 After IDREAM, employed by: Relocated to France, pending
	MICAH PRANGE Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2020-2022 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0775-2024 https://www.linkedin.com/in/micah-prange-8a579895/ Number of IDREAM publications: 20 After IDREAM, employed by: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, computational scientist
	ALEJANDRO RAMOS-BALLESTEROS Institute while in IDREAM: University of Notre Dame, 2022-2023 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-6824 https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-ramos-ballesteros-040b18107/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Idaho National Laboratory, postdoctoral researcher
	NIKHIL RAMPAL Institute while in IDREAM: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2022-2023 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-5874 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rampalnikhil/ Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, postdoctoral researcher
	SHAWN RIECHERS Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2020-2023 https://orcid.ord/0000-0002-5713-5534 Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, materials scientist; transitioned to Navarro Research & Engineering as a scientist
	ALEX ROBERTSON Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2017 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-6482 Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Oxford, Department of Materials
	DAVID SEMROUNI Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2016-2018 https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-semrouni-95581572/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2
	ZHIZHANG SHEN Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2017-2018 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8837-5573 https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhizhang-shen-a6ab4245/ Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Wisconsin-Madison
	WILLIAM SMITH Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2017-2023 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6552-6482 Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: Y-12 National Security Complex
	JENNIFER SOLTIS Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2018-2019 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-0193 Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: Issaquah School District 411
	DUO SONG Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021-2025 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5136-7959 IDREAM Publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: PNNL as a computational scientist
	TORIN STETINA Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington, 2016-2019 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-8455 https://www.linkedin.com/in/torin-stetina/ Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: University of California Berkeley, now with IonQ
	SHICHAO SUN Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington, 2016-2018 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-7024 Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, employed by: University of California, Irvine, postdoctoral research associate
	ANDREW WILDMAN Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2017-2022 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7013-6550 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-wildman-aa1465a8/ Number of IDREAM publications: 10 After IDREAM, employed by: 1QBIT, Vancouver BC, Canada
	SICHUANG XUE Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8445-8718 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sichuang-xue-705822123 Number of IDREAM publications: 3 After IDREAM, employed by: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
	SHUAI ZHANG Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2016-2017 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-584X Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Washington
	YATONG ZHAO Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4659-2924 Number of IDREAM publications: 4 After IDREAM, postdoctoral research associate at Nanjing University, China
	TIECHENG ZHOU Institute while in IDREAM: Washington State University, 2017 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5288-8716 Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, employed by: AMD Shanghai
	YADONG ZHOU Institute while in IDREAM: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-7536 https://www.linkedin.cn/injobs/in/yadong-zhou-005b6b212 Number of IDREAM publications: 1 After IDREAM, PhD student at: East China Normal University, Shanghai
	GUOMIN ZHU Institute while in IDREAM: University of Washington and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2018-2019 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0476-3331 https://www.linkedin.com/in/guomin-zhu-610b3b11b/ https://sites.google.com/view/guominzhu Number of IDREAM publications: 2 After IDREAM, employed by: University of Washington

Contact

Carolyn Pearce

Chemist; Director, IDREAM EFRC; Deputy Director, RemPlex

carolyn.pearce@pnnl.gov

(509) 372-4875