About the Group

Principal Investigator

Steven R. Spurgeon, Ph.D.

I'm a materials scientist interested in the structure, properties, and behavior of nanoscale materials systems for energy, electronics, and quantum computing. My research group is focused on developing artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to accelerate materials design and characterization in extreme environments. Our work has received awards from the National Science Foundation, the Materials Research Society, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Microscopy Society of America, and the American Physical Society, among others. I am a passionate scientific communicator, with a strong interest in educating emerging leaders and innovators.

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Present Affiliation

Senior Research Scientist
National Security Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (509) 371-7709

Selected Research Experience

Materials Data Scientist IV, National Security Directorate |October 2017 – Present
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Physics | December 2021 – Present
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate | January 2015 – October 2017
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Visiting Researcher, NIST Center for Neutron Research | 2010 – 2014
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD​

​Visiting Researcher, Spallation Neutron Source | 2011 – 2012
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering | October 2014
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering | May 2009
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Professional and Service Activities

Editor, Microscopy and Microanalysis Journal, Microscopy Society of America | 2022 – Present
Member, User Executive Committee, Molecular Foundry | 2022 – Present
Chair, Aberration-Corrected Microscopy Focused Interest Group, Microscopy Society of America | 2021 – Present
Member, Proposal Review Board, National Center for Electron Microscopy| 2019 – Present
Regular Program Reviewer, NSF and DOE | 2019 – Present

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