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Soumendu Bagchi

Research Scientist

Soumendu Bagchi is a Staff Scientist at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences in 91°µÍø. Dr. Bagchi's research is focussed around computational multiscale dynamics of solids, in particular, scale-bridging atomistic simulations to control material behavior at the extremes with a focus on Exascale and AI/ML-driven computational materials modeling approaches. Currently, Soumendu's research interests include 

Data-driven and mechanistic upscaling of atomic scale dynamics to mesoscales in solids

Extreme-scale adaptive ensemble sampling workflows for materials discovery

Phase transitions, nucleation and kinetics of defects at the surfaces and interfaces of nanostructures

Autonomous platforms to enable simulation-guided digital twins for materials discovery in self-driving laboratories

December 2024

Special Performance Award (SPA) for significant achievement, 91°µÍø 

March 2024 to May 2024

Visiting Scholar , University of Chicago.  

 August 2023

Fellow,

March 2023 to June 2023

Junior Resident Fellow

May 2022

selected by CU Boulder, MIT AeroAstro, Stanford and Penn State

April 2020

Kenneth Lee Herrick Memorial Award for outstanding academic and research performance, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

April 2019

Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

August 2018

, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)