Christopher Sutton | BS (University of Central Arkansas),
PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Assistant Professor
Research Areas:
- Computational materials science using quantum mechanical simulations (e.g., DFT) and machine learning to design and understand new materials.
- Understanding synthesis and structure–property relationships of emerging energy materials.
- Development of predictive frameworks for materials synthesizability beyond traditional thermodynamic stability.
Christopher Sutton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to UofT, Chris was an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at the University of South Carolina from 2021. Chris received his PhD from Georgia Tech under the supervision of Jean-Luc Brédas. In 2015, he joined the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin, directed by Matthias Scheffler, as an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow. As an faculty member in the MSE Department, Chris's work will focus on integrate cutting-edge automated laboratories and computational materials discovery efforts to develop more effective methods for the predictive synthesis of materials.