Hyun (Solomon) Chung

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering (2026 Fall – )
Office: ERB-1009
E-mail: hchung94@wisc.edu

Research Interests: Alloy design, Deformation behavior, Phase transformation

Education:
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University

MD Al Amin Bhuiyan Shuvo

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering (2023 Fall – )
Office: ERB-1009
E-mail: shuvo2@wisc.edu

Research Interests: Complex concentrated alloys, Alloy design, Irradiation, Deformation behavior, Nanostructured materials

Previous Experience:
Lecturer, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) (2021–2023)
Engineer (EAF), GPH Ispat Ltd. (2019–2021)
Engineer (CCM), Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited (BSRM) (2018–2019)

Education:
B.S. in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Quanliang Liu

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering (2023 Fall – )
Office: ERB-1009
E-mail: qliu388@wisc.edu

Research Interests: LLM-assisted alloy design, LLM-guided CALPHAD, Connecting AI/deep learning with materials research, Materials informatics, LLMs (fine-tuning, multi-modal, MCP, etc.)

Education:
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2023)
B.S. in Material Forming and Control Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2020)

Jeongsoo Han

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering (2024 Fall – )
Office: ERB-1009
E-mail: jhan279@wisc.edu

Research Interests: Integrated computational and experimental approaches to alloy development; nano-TWIP in refractory high-entropy alloys; mechanical and chemical degradation of alloys

Education:
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2024)

Grant Douglas MacDonald

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering (2026 Fall – )
Office: ERB-1009
E-mail: gdmacdonald@wisc.edu

Research Interests: Autonomous SEM, Complex concentrated metal-ceramic composites

Previous Experience:
Engineering Manager, Seagate (2022–2025)
Wafer Sustaining Engineer, Seagate (2021–2022)

Education:
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2026)
B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2021)