Dr. Michael Toriyama

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Education

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering. Northwestern University (2024). Advisors: Prof. G. Jeffrey Snyder, Prof. Prashun Gorai
• B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. B.S. in Mathematics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2019)

Areas of Interest

• Spin Defects
• Coherence Dynamics
• Topological Matter

Experience

• 2024 - Present: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
• 2019 - 2024: Graduate Research Assistant, Northwestern University
• 2015 - 2019: Undergraduate Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Publications

• Google Scholar

Honors and Awards

• Graduate Student Award, International Thermoelectrics Society (2024)
• Weertman Fellowship (2023)
• Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (2019)
• Barry Goldwater Scholarship (2018)