About the MTD Group
Principal Investigator
James M Rondinelli
Assistant Professor, DMSE
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Coordinates
LeBow 444
Contact
Tel: + 1 (215) 571.3671
Fax: + 1 (215) 895.6760
Email: jrondinelli@coe.drexel.edu
CV
A complete Vita for JMR is available here. For a two-page sketch, click here.
Education
PhD in Materials. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (06/2010)
BS in Materials Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (06/2006)
Research Experience
Assistant Professor, Drexel Univ., Materials Science & Engineering Dept. (09/2011 - present)
Joseph Katz Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Lab. (06/2010–08/2011)
Honors and Awards
Army Research Office, Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award (2012)
Named Argonne Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory (2010)
Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Gold Award (2010)
NSF – ICMR International Research Fellow (2008)
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow (2007)
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow (2007)
Materials Research Laboratory (UCSB) Graduate Division Fellowship (2006-10)
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Antonio Cammarata
PhD (Physics), University of Palermo, Italy
Coordinates
Bossone 105
Contact
Email: acammarata@coe.drexel.edu
Research Interests
Development of computational models of molecular, crystalline and disordered atomic structures.
Joined Group
September, 2011
Hometown: Licata (Italy)
Favorite Linux command: ssh
Favorite vim command: vsplit
Favorite element: Yttrium
Favorite structure: Perovskite
Favorite space group: {$ Pnma $} (no. 53)
Graduate Students
Mr. Joshua Young
BS (Chemistry), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Coordinates
Bossone 105
Contact
Email: jy346@drexel.edu
Field and Research Interests
PhD in Computational Materials Science. To develop microscopic models for and understanding and predicting ferroelectricity in artificially structured perovskites from first principles.
Joined Group
September, 2011
Hometown: Roland (Arkansas)
Favorite Linux command: scp
Favorite element: Carbon
Favorite structure: Perovskite
Favorite space group: {$ Pm\bar{3}m $} (no. 221)