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Christopher Sutton
Assistant Professor  
 2021 - Present
 
 RESEARCH SUMMARY
Developing and applying computational methods such as first-principles calculations and machine-learning methods to design, predict, and understand new and functional materials.
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Chemistry, University of Central Arkansas
Current Group Members
Santosh Adhikari
Postdoctoral Researcher  
 
June 2021 – Present
Ph.D., Physics, Temple University
M.S., Physics, Delhi University, India 
B.S., Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Nima Karimitari
Postdoctoral Researcher
September 2022 – Present
Ph.D., Physics, UGA
Postdoctoral Researcher
September 2022 – Present
Ph.D., Physics, UGA
Sourin Dey
Graduate Student 
 
August 2021 – Present
M.S., Computer Science, University of Wyoming
B.S., Electrical Engineering, KUET, Bangladesh
B.S., Electrical Engineering, KUET, Bangladesh
Samuditha Yatiwella(Y.K.S.S.Yatiwella)
Graduate Student 
 
October 2021 – Present
B.S., Computational Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dipannoy Gupta 
Graduate Student 
 
August 2022 – Present
B.S., Computer Science, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Alumni 
Mihir Parekth 
Postdoctoral Researcher 
University of South Carolina
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Penn. St. 
University B.T. and M.T., IIT, Bombay, India
DJ Toler
Undergraduate Research Assistant 
 
University of South Carolina
Saeed Akbarshahi
Graduate Student 
 
M.S., Physics, University of Guilan, Iran
B.S., Physics, University of Guilan, Iran
B.S., Physics, University of Guilan, Iran
Materials Informatics specialist (shared with Gabor Csanyi, University of Cambridge)
RESEARCH PROJECT:
Group-equivariant convolutional neural networks for predictive screening of materials.
github | google scholar
Jenna Holland
Undergraduate Research Assistant 
 
