The focus of my research is the synthesis, crystallization, solidification, processing, and characterization of emerging solid-state materials, including metallic compounds and oxides. My work explores how composition and processing conditions govern phase formation, microstructure, defects, and structure–property relationships, with the goal of engineering materials with tailored properties for energy-related and advanced technological applications.

The development of advanced materials, together with progress in synthesis science and precision processing, is essential to addressing fundamental scientific challenges and emerging technological needs. The ability to control how materials are synthesized, processed, and shaped into useful forms and dimensionalities underpins advances in electrical energy storage and conversion, transportation, catalysis, carbon capture, and quantum technologies.

My research also investigates the roles of defects, disorder, non-stoichiometry, and active sites in determining material properties and performance. Through experimental synthesis, processing, and advanced structural and physical characterization, I seek to establish fundamental relationships between composition, processing, structure, and properties.

My research lies at the interface of predictive materials design, fundamental understanding through advanced characterization, and technological applications.

My research is strengthened by collaborations with leading experimental and theoretical researchers and institutions worldwide. These partnerships bring together complementary expertise, perspectives, and methodologies, enabling us to address complex research questions that benefit from an interdisciplinary approach and to pursue new directions in advanced materials research.