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Renata Wentzcovitch is a Columbia University professor whose research bridges materials science and geophysics through high-pressure quantum simulations of planetary materials.
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Göran Ekström is a seismologist at Columbia University known for pioneering studies of Earth’s deep interior and seismic signals from natural and anthropogenic events.
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Jacqueline Austermann is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University who investigates sea level change, ice sheet stability, and geodynamic processes.
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Kui Ren is a Columbia professor specializing in applied mathematics, inverse problems, and computational modeling across biomedical imaging and physical systems.
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Lucie Lagodich is the Interim Project Coordinator for the MINERALS Project, supporting interdisciplinary collaboration across Earth science and materials modeling.
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Timothy Liao is a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University working at the intersection of computational materials and geophysics. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin, where he developed machine learning–guided frameworks for the discovery and design of rare-earth-free magnetic materials.
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Debanjan Pal is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in computational geodynamics, using numerical mantle convection models to study deep Earth processes and their surface expressions.
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Raj Moulik is a geophysicist developing 3D models of Earth’s interior to better understand planetary-scale dynamics and deep Earth structure.
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Chenxing Luo is a postdoctoral researcher studying the physical properties of Earth-forming materials at high pressures and temperatures using ab initio calculations, machine-learning methods, and atomistic simulations to better interpret deep-Earth seismological observations.
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Abin Shakya is an incoming postdoctoral research scientist working at the intersection of machine learning and scientific computing.
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Israa Draz is a materials science intern with expertise in computer science, machine learning, and mineral physics, exploring materials under extreme conditions.
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Gioia Marchi is a second-year undergraduate student at Columbia University, where she is studying Computer Engineering.
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Lucrezia Giubila is a first-year PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering with a background in mechanical engineering.
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Vishy Manve is the Project Coordinator for the MINERALS initiative, supporting interdisciplinary collaboration across Earth science and materials modeling.
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Yan Cheng is a PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics at Columbia University, researching computational inverse problems in wave propagation.
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Dominica Wilson is a Computer Engineering student at Tuskegee University, from Birmingham, Alabama.
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Wilson Samuels is a sophomore at Tuskegee University studying Computer Engineering. She is from Tampa, Florida.
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Jessica Santos Rego was a postdoctoral researcher studying mineral–fluid interfaces and the thermoelastic properties of geological materials using atomistic simulations.
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Tianqi Wan is a postdoctoral researcher and a computational mineral physicist modeling lower mantle minerals using first-principles calculations, molecular dynamics, and machine learning.
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Hongjin Wang was a PhD candidate in Columbia’s Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics Department whose research uses first-principles simulations, molecular dynamics, and machine-learning potentials to investigate hydrous minerals—such as serpentines—under extreme conditions relevant to subduction zones.
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Jose Osa is a current Columbia undergraduate in Physics and Engineering with a strong interest in astrophysics and the structural properties of matter.
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Noah Proctor is a second-year student at Columbia studying Operations Research and Computer Science.
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