Eva Zarkadoula

Bio

Research experience

• R&D Staff, 2022 – present,  Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• R&D Staff, 2021 – 2022, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• R&D Associate – Atomistic Modeling, 2016 – 2020, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2014 – 2016, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• Post-bachelor's Project, Feb. 2010 – July 2010, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.

Education

• Ph.D. Physics, 2013, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

• B.Sc. Physics, 2009, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 

Editorial Boards

• Nuclear Materials and Energy, Early Career Board member, December 2022-present

• Guest Editor, Special Issue “Machine Learning and New Paradigms in Computational Materials Research”, JOM (The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), September 2022

• Energy Frontiers in Research Centers Newsletter, Editorial Board member, Department of Energy, 2016-2017

Awards

• "Director’s Award" in Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Mission Support, UT-Battelle Awards Night, 2022

• "One ORNL” Award for her work as President of the Women’s Alliance Council Employee Resource Group and other service to ORNL, UT-Battelle Awards Night, 2022

• Outstanding Scholarly Output Team Award for the selective conversion of an atomically thin 2D crystal to form a Janus monolayer through the implantation of hyperthermal clusters generated by laser ablation, Science and Technology Category, UT-Battelle Awards Night, 2020

• Sound ⋂ Science Podcast Contest, Best Team Effort Award, Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences Contest Intersection of Sound and Science Podcast, Best Team Effort Award, Energy Frontiers Research Center-Hub-CMS Principal Investigators’ Meeting, Washington, DC, 2017

• Best Student Poster Presentation Award, REI-17 Conference, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 2013