Current Students
Mangladeep Bhullar Ph. D. Student
Akinwumi Akinpelu Ph. D. Student
Rielly Castle Ph. D Student
Mila Carpenter-Bloudoff M. Sc. student
Ekadashi Barakoti PHYS 493 research student
Bikash Rai PHYS 493 research student
Former Students in Group
Adebayo Adeniyi, 2018-2021, Ph. D., "First principles investigations of novel condensed matter materials"
Adebayo Adeleke, 2018-2021, Ph. D., "Structures, structural transfromations and properties of selected elemental and extended solids"
Arnab Majumdar, 2014-2018, Ph. D., "Theoretical study of structural transformations and properties of selected materials at extreme conditons"
Rielly Castle, 2023-2025, M. Sc., "Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of compressed ice"
Linxiang Ji, 2020-2024, M. Sc., "Optimization of machine learning potential for large scale metadynamics simulation"
Adebayo Adeleke, 2016-2017, M. Sc., "Theoretical prediction and studies of selected novel materials under ambient and extreme conditions"
Michael Greschner, 2014-2016, M. Sc., "Structures and properties of high-pressure solid materials"
Aneth Perez, 2025, Mitacs Globalink Research Internship
Jesse Parker, 2024-2025, PHYS 493 research student
Sijin Yang, 2023-2024, PHYS 493 research student
Zixun Wang, 2023, Mitacs Globalink Research Internship
Zihao Bai, 2022, Mitacs Globalink Research Internship
Ignacio Gomez Vargas, 2021, PHYS 491 research student.
Sijin Chen, 2021, Mitacs Globalink Research Internship
Letong Wang, 2020, PHYS 491 research student.
Damilare Adeniyi, 2020, Mitacs Research Training Internship, "Enhanced atomistic simulation of solid materials using machine learning potentials"
Draven Galeschuk, 2016, Summer Undergraduate Student, "Formamidinium lead iodide perovskite".Publication in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
Kyle LeBlanc, 2013, Summer Undergraduate Student, "Structures and properties of MgB6", Publication in J. Chem. Phys.
Future Students
Coming Soon
Thank you for your interest in joining Dr. Yansun Yao's research group. Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Yansun Yao.