Dane Morgan

• PhD 1998, University of California, Berkeley
• MS 1994, University of California, Berkeley
• BA 1992, Swarthmore College

• Computational materials science for materials design
• Ab initio electronic structure and multiscale methods for large time / length scales and thermokinetics
• Ab initio based modeling of electrochemical systems and processes
• Machine learning techniques for accelerating materials analysis and discovery
• Application areas: Nuclear materials, Battery and fuel cell electrodes, electronic materials

Affiliated Departments

• Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics

• 2024 APL Materials, Editors Pick APL Materials 2023
• 2023 Microscopy and Microanalysis, Best Paper Award for 2023 in Microscopy and Microanalysis in the Instrumentation and Software category
• 2023 IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (TPS), Best Paper Award IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (TPS)
• 2023 Kellet mid-career award
• 2022 Physical Review Letters, Editors pick Physical Review Letters
• 2020 APL Materials, Editors pick in APL Materials
• 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
• 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvey Spangler Award for Technology Enhanced Instruction
• 2019 International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI), Mid-Career Researcher Award
• 2018 Ceramic Technology Today, Featured in Ceramic Technology Today
• 2015 Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Named one of 10 Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) ambassadors
• 2015 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Romnes Faculty Fellowship
• 2014 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvey D. Spangler Professorship of Engineering
• 2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vilas Scholar
• 2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research, First place, Open Competition in the category of Advanced Materials, 2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award
• 2006 3M, 3M Technical Nontenured Faculty Grant
• 2006 Science 313, Editors' Choice, Highlights of the recent literature, in Science 313
• 2006 MRS, Invited contribution
• 2005 CALPHAD, Best paper award for CALPHAD journal
• 2005 CALPHAD journal, Top paper award
• 2004 The Electrochemical Society, Selected for Tech Highlights in The Electrochemical Society Interface
• 2003 J. Phys-Condens. Mat., Selected by the Editorial Board as one of the best papers of 2003 in J. Phys-Condens. Mat.
• 2003 J. Phys-Condens. Mat., Top paper award

• M S & E 401 - Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (Spring 2025)
• M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
• M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2025)
• M S & E 803 - Special Topics in Materials Science (Spring 2025)
• M S & E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
• M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
• M S & E 401 - Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (Fall 2024)
• M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2024)
• M S & E 803 - Special Topics in Materials Science (Fall 2024)
• M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
• M S & E 401 - Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (Summer 2024)
• M S & E 803 - Special Topics in Materials Science (Summer 2024)
• M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
• M S & E 401 - Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (Spring 2024)
• M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2024)
• M S & E 803 - Special Topics in Materials Science (Spring 2024)
• M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
• M S & E 401 - Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (Fall 2023)
• M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2023)
• M S & E 803 - Special Topics in Materials Science (Fall 2023)
• M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)
• M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2023)
• M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)