Bio

Yaroslava G. Yingling is a Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor, Associate Department Head and Director of Undergraduate Program at Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University. She received her University Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering from St. Petersburg State Technical University of Russia in 1996 and her PhD in Materials Engineering and High Performance Computing from the Pennsylvania State University in 2002. She carried out postdoctoral research at Penn State University Chemistry Department and at the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute prior to joining North Carolina State University in 2007.

Yingling leads a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research program focused on the development and application of novel multiscale molecular modeling methods and data science approaches to investigate the properties of soft, nano, and biological materials. Her group research projects span a wide range of areas, including biomolecular and nanoparticle self-assembly, surfaces and interfaces, de novo biomolecular structure prediction, smart and responsive behavior of hierarchical materials, and ab initio design of functional materials for industrial and pharmaceutical applications. Additionally, her work employs artificial intelligence (AI) tools for the optimization of material compositions, properties, synthesis and processing, and the integration and fusion of heterogeneous materials characterization data. She established Graduate Certificate in Materials Informatics (GCMI) that is designed for interdisciplinary graduate education at the intersection of materials science, engineering, and data science with the aim of preparing the next generation of materials engineers given the growing demand for data-science skills and AI knowledge. In STEPS she will help accomplish the goals of designing new materials solutions and design convergence informatics workflows to support STEPS 25-in-25 vision.

Area(s) of Expertise

Theme 1 Co-lead