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.