11 February 2025
Kristin has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE)!
Welcome to the Persson Group home page. We study the physics and chemistry of materials using atomistic computational methods and high-performance computing technology.
The Materials Project
Kristin speaks at the 2016 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
The Electrolyte Genome
A big data approach in battery materials discovery
Elastic and Piezoelectric Tensors
Towards an open database of computed mechanical and electrical properties of solids
Artificial Photosynthesis
A collaboration with experimentalists to evaluate corrosion mechanisms
Group retreat to Half-Moon Bay
Hanging out on the beach
Group bonding
Chatting around a fire
We focus on materials for energy applications, such as battery electrode materials, electrolytes, photocatalysts, thermoelectrics, etc.
News
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12 December 2024
Rohith and Mackenize have been awarded the Jane Lewis Fellowship for the 2024-2025 cycle!
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12 December 2024
Mackenzie has been awarded the MSE Department’s Corrosion Award!
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14 August 2024
Kristin has been named a 2024 Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Science!
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