2025 MRS Fellows

Rigoberto Advincula, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

For contributions to research on advanced polymers and nanostructured materials and leadership in the frontiers of research, scholarly communication, and education in materials

Husam N. Alshareef, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

For contributions to the development of materials and processes for electronics and energy applications, including deployment in volume production

Artur Braun, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

For contributions to operando x-ray and neutron experiments leading to novel insights into charge transport in batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and for human capacity building for materials scientists in Africa

Babu Chalamala, Sandia National Laboratories

For technical leadership and contributions to the development and commercialization of materials and device technologies for grid energy storage systems, vacuum microelectronics, and field emission displays

Miaofang Chi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

For contributions toward the advancement of novel electron microscopy methods for the study of energy materials

Elizabeth C. Dickey, Carnegie Mellon University

To recognize accomplishments in the use of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to advance our understanding of nanomaterials, dielectric materials, ferroelectric switching, and high entropy oxides

Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University

For contributions to innovation of soft materials including liquid metal alloy research, self-folding polymer origami, and a new type of materials called “glassy gels”

Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University

For advancing the understanding of charge injection and transport in organic semiconductors, promoting significant improvements in device performance, and for leadership in creating a more inclusive materials science community

Maria Antonietta Loi, University of Groningen

For advancing the understanding of the physical properties of organic semiconductors, colloidal quantum dots and metal halide perovskite favoring their exploitation in optoelectronic devices

Jun Lou, Rice University

For outstanding contributions to the development of low-dimensional nanomaterials and the understanding of their complex electro-chemical and mechanical behaviors, and for dedication to education and service

Jianwei Miao, University of California, Los Angeles

For pioneering coherent diffractive imaging for a wide range of material systems and atomic electron tomography for determining the three-dimensional atomic structure of crystal defects and amorphous materials

Aleksandr Noy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

For seminal contributions to research in nanofluidics and transport under extreme confinement, single molecule force spectroscopy, bionanoelectronics, and for leadership in the bioinspired materials community through mentorship, society organization, and lecturing

Christopher M. Wolverton, Northwestern University

For pioneering work in computational materials science for materials design and discovery, particularly applied to metal alloys and energy materials

Sheng Xu, University of California, San Diego

For seminal contributions to the development of soft ultrasound technologies for deep tissue sensing, invention of multilayered stretchable electronics, and controlled chemical epitaxial growth of metal halide perovskites

Jia Zhu, Nanjing University

For seminal contributions to the design, synthesis, assembly and fabrication of plasmonic materials and photonic structures, and their significant applications in energy, information and sustainability