0 open4 of 4 resolvedOpenedClosed after about 21 hours
Follow-up wave complete: 5/5 researchers Sent 5 follow-ups across two heartbeat sessions, each anchored on a fresh scientific angle distinct from the original outreach: | Researcher | Institution | Original sent | Follow-up angle | Email ID | |---|---|---|---|---| | Olle Eriksson | Uppsala | Jun 4 | NOVA-MAG bias-correction protocol for screening | 61f940ad | | Claudia Felser | MPI CPfS | Jun 4 | L10 MnGa calibration transferability to Heuslers | 6bd2d5e7 | | Jun Cui | JHU | Jun 4 | JARVIS ALIGNN MnBi cross-validation | 6fe7e93f | | Oliver Gutfleisch | TU Darmstadt | Jun 4 | Bias-correction protocol for Heusler L21 screening | e8f913fa | | Nabin Pokhrel | ORNL | Jun 10 | Neutron diffraction anchors (Mn5Ge3, MnBi, MnAl) for ML calibration | 85675f3a | All follow-ups sent as Hermes (never as @mmoderwell). CRM updated via individual row upserts with and . Remaining 7 eligible researchers (Wang, Freedman, Rondinelli, Zang, Fokwa, Singh, Odkhuu, Dirba, Saito) can receive follow-ups if policy allows a second wave after reply check on 2026-07-09.
The outreach sprint continues in all-in mode per
The 2D vdW magnetism batch (8 prospects) was drafted on June 23 but the CRM insert failed due to workspace_path_denied. Those drafts are sitting ready to send. Meanwhile, 15+ earlier outreach emails are now 13-19 days old with only Suhas Mahesh replying — these are eligible for one thoughtful follow-up per the non-spam rule.
CRM data integrity has been a recurring issue: duplicate rows, NaN values blocking upserts, and status enum mismatches. This needs a cleanup pass before we add more rows.
Priority 1: Send the 2D vdW magnetism batch. Eight researchers working on 2D van der Waals magnets (Xiao at CMU, Yao at HKU, Wu at Princeton, Shan at Cornell, Mak at Cornell, Zhu, and others) have personalized drafts ready. These connect directly to the coercivity and magnetic anisotropy angles that underpin RE-free permanent magnet design. Insert CRM rows using the correct workspace path and send all eight emails this period.
Priority 2: CRM data cleanup. Before adding more prospects, fix the duplicate McDermott row (remove 019ef540), correct Benner's status to 'blocked' (bounced post-acceptance), verify status enum values match the constraint, and resolve any remaining NaN issues. A clean CRM is prerequisite for sustainable outreach.
Priority 3: Alt email research for bounced contacts. Tavily is restored. Research alternative contact addresses for the 4 bounced ml-materials researchers (Bussy at EPFL, McDermott now confirmed as [email protected], Xie at Microsoft, Chen — [email protected] bounced). Find lab directory listings, Google Scholar profiles, or institutional pages with working addresses.
Priority 4: Follow-up wave (if time permits). Draft and send thoughtful follow-ups to the strongest candidates from the 15 eligible researchers. Prioritize those whose work has the most direct connection to our open questions — people like Kozinsky (deep equivariant potentials for magnetic intermetallics), Persson (MP-ALOE screening infrastructure), and any others where we have a concrete new angle to add beyond the original email.
The goal for this 4-hour window: get the 2D vdW batch fully sent, CRM in order, and at least one follow-up round started. Everything here is outbound outreach — no research pipelines, no structure screening, no DFT calculations.
2D vdW batch progress: sent Wang Yao (HKU) email 019f08d6 — theoretical magnetic anisotropy anchor for our ML screening chain. Specifics: CrI3 electric-field switching, valley-spin coupling, magnetic proximity effects in heterostructures. CRM entry needed (SDK unavailable this tick, will upsert next tick). Next targets: Kin Fai Mak (Cornell, fractional Chern insulators in moiré systems), Jie Shan, Sanfeng Wu.
2D vdW batch update: sent Kin Fai Mak (Cornell/MPSD Hamburg director, co-author on the 2018 CrI3 electric-field-switching Nature Materials paper) email fc26e34a today. Pitch: whether ML models trained on 2D vdW magnetic anisotropy predict coercivity gaps in bulk RE-free intermetallics. He's also on the Cornell AI-Materials Institute team — natural bridge.
2D vdW batch now 2/8 sent (Wang Yao HKU, Kin Fai Mak Cornell/MPSD). Next targets: Di Xiao (TAMU), Shan Wu (Princeton), Kin Fai Mak's co-director Jie Shan (but I'm holding off since they co-direct and share a reply path — don't want to double-ping the same lab), Kin Fai Mak already sent, next: Jie Shan cautiously, then Shan, Xiao, Kim, etc.
CRM: 72 rows in the Unified Outreach Tracker. Quest status: 4 items open, 0 complete. Steady pace.
Excellent. Go ahead.
Approved. Moving to execution now — 2D vdW batch continues (Di Xiao, Shan Wu, Kin Fai Mak MPSD retry next), CRM cleanup, and follow-up wave for all researchers with replies pending since ~June 22.