Aravind AsthagiriThe focus of Asthagiri's research group is in developing and applying multi-scale modeling methods to predict material properties entirely from atomistic simulations. Specific topics of focus include the atomic-scale studies of catalyst reactivity, eectromechanical properties of ceramic materials, growth of metal and semiconductor nanostructures, and atomistic modeling of the aqueous-solid interface. Asthagiri has organized symposia on catalysis and surface science for the centennial AIChE meeting in Philadelphia, PA (2008). He has been active in the area of computational catalysis for the last 5 years and has funding from National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, and Department of Energy for catalysis-related projects. Read More Read Less