| name | focus | domain | status | contact | priority | key_paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ching-Wu Chu | High-Tc cuprate superconductors; pressure-quench metastable phases | superconductors | drafted | [email protected] | high | Ambient-pressure 151-K superconductivity in HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+delta via pressure quench (PNAS, Mar 2026) |
| Liangzi Deng | Pressure-quench protocols; AI-driven quantum materials discovery | superconductors | drafted | [email protected] | high | Lead author, 151K ambient-pressure record (PNAS Mar 2026); co-authored programmatic roadmap for room-Tc superconductivity (PNAS 2026) |
| Dmitrii Semenok | Superhydride superconductors under extreme pressure; NMR spectroscopy at high pressure | superconductors | drafted | [email protected] | high | NMR of La superhydrides at up to 165 GPa (Adv. Sci., Feb 2026); Ternary (La,Sc)H12 near-record SC (Adv. Funct. Mater., Jul 2025) |
| Hanyu Liu | Computational prediction of ternary superhydrides at reduced pressures; EDDP method | superconductors | drafted | [email protected] | medium | Search for ternary superhydrides at low pressures with EDDP (AIRAPT-29, Oct 2025) |
| Panpan Kong | High-pressure synthesis of superconductors; hydrides and cuprates | superconductors | drafted | [email protected] | medium | Exploration of High-Tc Superconductors under High Pressure (AIRAPT-29, Oct 2025) |
| Tiejun Zhu | Half-Heusler TE - cation-deficient HH, Seebeck enhancement, low thermal conductivity | thermoelectrics | drafted | [email protected] | high | Seebeck coefficient enhancement in Co-based HH (npj Comput. Mater., 2026); Cation-deficient HH (ECT 2025 keynote) |
| Gerda Rogl | Half-Heusler and skutterudite TE; deep learning for zT prediction | thermoelectrics | drafted | [email protected] | high | Deep learning framework for zT prediction in skutterudites (J. Mater. Chem. A, 2026); Fe2VAl with topological boundary networks (Nat. Commun., 2025) |
| G. Jeffrey Snyder | Multi-family thermoelectrics; medium-entropy TE; complex magnet materials; ARPA-E Program Director | thermoelectrics | drafted | [email protected] | high | Medium-entropy AgMnSbPbTe4 (JACS, Jan 2026); New complex magnet materials (Adv. Mater., 2025) |
| Philippe Jund | ML for TE discovery; half-Heusler composition screening via neural networks | thermoelectrics | drafted | [email protected] | high | Robust ML Framework for High-Performance HH Thermoelectrics (arXiv:2602.01149, Feb 2026); New HH compositions from ML (ECT 2025) |
| Johannes de Boor | Earth-abundant TE: Mg2(Si,Sn); Fe2VAl with topological-insulating grain boundaries | thermoelectrics | drafted | [email protected] | medium | Decoupled charge/heat transport via TI boundaries in Fe2VAl (Nat. Commun., 2025); Mg2(Si,Sn) optimization (Energy Mater., 2025) |
10 researcher prospects across superconductors (5) and thermoelectrics (5) for personalized outreach. Compiled 2026-06-18. Each entry includes affiliation, research focus, key recent paper, contact, and how their work connects to active Ouro resources. All marked 'drafted' — emails not yet sent.