Jan Schroers

Jan Schroers is the Robert Higgin Professor of Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering at Yale University. His research focuses on the chemistry-structure-processing-property relationships in advanced materials, particularly metallic glasses, high entropy alloys, and nanocrystalline metals. He leads the Schroers Lab, pioneering methods in nanofabrication, additive manufacturing, and combinatorial material science.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Aachen, Germany

Research interests include glass formation mechanisms, metastability, and nanoscale deformation dynamics. His work addresses applications in biomedical devices, energy systems, and aerospace components. Key techniques developed in his lab include thermomechanical nanomolding and novel processing methods for bulk metallic glasses.

Publications span Physical Review Letters, Acta Materialia, and Advanced Materials, emphasizing structural characterization and functional material design. His lab’s innovations include metallic glass-based pressure vessels and nano-patterned electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution.

Collaborations involve data science frameworks like aflow++ for autonomous materials discovery. Current projects explore topology-optimized cellular materials and high-temperature metallic glass alloys.