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Stefano Curtarolo

Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


High Performance, Computing Modernization Program Flagship Award

National DOD-HPC · 2021 Identifying Ultra-high-temperature Ceramics in Multi-component Chemical Space for Hypersonic Technologies

Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher

International Clarivate Analytics · 2021 More about this award

Distinguished Visiting Professorship

International Max-Plank Society, Fritz-Haber Instittue, Berlin · 2018

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

International Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation · 2016

DOD-MURI Award, The Science of Entropy Stabilized Ultra-High Temperature Materials

Scholarly Society Duke University, NCSU, UCSD, UVA · 2015

DOD-MURI Award, Topological decompositions and spectral sampling algorithms for elements substitution in critical technologies

Other Duke University, UMD, UNT, CMU, BYU · 2013

Stansell Distinguished Research Award

School Duke University · 2013

Fellow

National American Physical Society · 2013

Best Paper Award

National CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry) · July 2008

MRS Silver Medal Graduate Student Award

National Materials Research Society · July 2008

ONR Young Investigator Program Award

National Office of Naval Research · July 2008

NSF Early CAREER Award

National National Science Foundation · July 2008

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

National President of the United States of America · 2007

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

National National Science Foundation · 2007

In the News


Published August 13, 2024
Materials Scientist Stefano Curtarolo Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
Published January 11, 2024
Computational Method Discovers New Materials for Extreme Environments
Published November 16, 2023
Which Duke Scholars Made the Most Cited List?
Published October 17, 2022
Heat-Proof Chaotic Carbides Could Revolutionize Aerospace Technology
Published June 28, 2021
Duke Awards 22 Distinguished Professorships
Published February 25, 2021
Strengthened by Chaos, New Super-Hard Materials Will Stir Steel Together
Published May 5, 2016
Can artificial intelligence create the next wonder material?
Published November 17, 2014
A Made-to-Order Materials Menu
Published December 1, 2013
How Supercomputers Will Yield a Golden Age of Materials Science