Prof. Peter Hosemann Joins Journal of Nuclear Materials as Associate Editor

Professor Hosemann will serve the nuclear-materials community in structural materials for nuclear applications, with emphasis on radiation damage, corrosion, and mechanical performance, among related topics. In this role, he will help guide the journal’s scientific direction, uphold rigorous peer-review standards, and accelerate the dissemination of impactful results. He looks forward to collaborating with authors and…

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Advanced Electron Microscopy Reveals Short Range Ordering Motifs in Semiconductors

In a recent paper published in Science, Prof. Minor’s group used energy-filtered scanning nano electron diffraction (4D-STEM) to uniquely identify short range ordering motifs in GeSiSn. This publication represents the first direct evidence of SRO in a semiconductor material, an exciting new area for exploration in the field of microelectronics. Read the full article here.

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Prof. Junqiao Wu’s group developed in-memory sensors that mimic neurons

Concept image of an autonomous underwater robotic snake surveying metal construction. (Image by Andrey Suslov/iStock)   The Wu group reports a high-speed in-memory sensor based on vanadium dioxide (VO2) that operates without an external voltage by leveraging built-in electric fields within the Debye length. The “memsensor” mimics Caenorhabditis elegans chemosensory plasticity to guide a miniature…

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A smarter approach to designing metamaterials

A team led by researchers in UC Berkeley’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (led by Prof. Rayne Zheng and postdoc Marco Maurizi) has developed a new AI-driven method for the fully automated design of engineering materials with complex physical behaviors. The approach enables the inverse design of metamaterials for advanced functionalities such as energy…

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Passing of Professor-in-Residence Digby Macdonald

Photo credit: UC Berkeley NE Department We are deeply saddened by the passing on June 12, 2025 of Professor Digby Macdonald. Digby was appointed Professor of Residence in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Nuclear Engineering at University of California, Berkeley in 2012. His appointment at Berkeley was preceded by a Professorship in…

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DOE Office of Science Features Prof. Kristin Persson on Data & Machine Learning

Scientists recognized by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award are pursuing answers to science’s biggest questions. Kristin Persson is a professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and the director of the Materials Project at DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/big-questions-kristin-persson-data-and-machine-learning?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&nrg_redirect=473387

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Prof. Ritchie is elected to NAS!

On April 29, 2025, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced its newly elected members. MSE’s Prof. R. Ritchie is one of them! Prof. Ritchie became one of the very few scholars who earned membership in both NAS and NAE (the National Academy of Engineering). Election to the National Academy is one of the highest…

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Prof. Phillip Messersmith has been named an AAAS fellow

      Prof. Phillip Messersmith has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), for his distinguished contributions to the field of bioinspired materials and adhesives, particularly for pioneering work on mussel-inspired adhesive materials for biomedical applications. For details, see: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/03/27/two-berkeley-lab-scientists-named-aaas-fellows-2/?utm_source=LBNL&utm_campaign=4b85d8ccd0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_26_05_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4b85d8ccd0-253348736

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