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Laura Gagliardi
Gagliardi develops multireference quantum chemical methods that treat strongly correlated electrons, applying them to catalysis, carbon dioxide capture and actinide chemistry. She directs the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center and serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, shaping how the field models metal organic frameworks for clean energy.
Giulia Galli
Galli combines first principles simulation with quantum information science, predicting how spin defects form in semiconductors and how their electronic structure can be simulated on quantum computers. As director of the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials at Argonne, she links method development to materials for sustainable energy and quantum technologies.
Chibueze Amanchukwu
Amanchukwu designs electrolytes for next generation batteries and electrochemical synthesis, pairing machine learning representations of solvents with synthesis and characterisation to understand ion solvation. His group's work on fluorinated and solvent engineered electrolytes targets long duration energy storage and has earned major early career awards, alongside a joint appointment at Argonne National Laboratory.