Kristin Persson – a Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, faculty senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), director of the Materials Project, and former director of the Molecular Foundry – has been named a 2024 Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
Persson was honored for “pioneering advancements in data-driven materials design and discovery through first-principles based computations and analysis algorithms that yield materials with optimal properties for engineers and scientists worldwide to accelerate innovation, and for her management and outreach skills that promote the DOE missions,” according to the Office of Science award citation.
