Critical Materials Institute research is conducted by about 300 people at multiple locations for more than 30 projects. The following list includes CMI research and project leads. Some early career and young researchers who were with CMI briefly are linked here.
Diversifying Supply
- Corby Anderson, Colorado School of Mines, media mention, 2016 Academy of Engineers
- Vyacheslav Bryantsev, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Luis Diaz Aldana, Idaho National Laboratory
- Yoshiko Fujita, Idaho National Laboratory
- Kevin Lyon, Idaho National Laboratory
- Michael Moats, Missouri S&T
- Bruce Moyer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Parans Paranthaman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, fellow of National Academy of Inventors
- Marilu Perez Garcia, Ames Laboratory
- Denis Prodius, Ames Laboratory
- Long Qi, Ames Laboratory
- Orlando Rios, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Great Minds award
- Nikki Thiele, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Theresa Windus, Ames Laboratory, SC17, AAAS Fellow, ISU Distinguished Professor, Dean's Professorship award
Developing Substitutes
- Rohan Akolar, Case Western Reserve University, news, NAI
- Boazhi Cui, Ames Laboratory
- Jun Cui, Ames Laboratory
- Hunter Henderson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Ihor Hlova, Ames Laboratory
- Michael Kesler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Tom Lograsso, Ames Laboratory
- Ikenna Nlebedim, Ames Laboratory
- Andriy Palasyuk, Ames Laboratory
- Parans Paranthaman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- David Parker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Durga Paudyal, Ames Laboratory
- Vitalij Pecharsky, Ames Laboratory
- Denis Prodius, Ames Laboratory
- Andrew Sherman, Terves LLC
- Pribaht Tripathy, Idaho National Laboratory
Driving Reuse and Recycling
- Ramesh Bhave, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, media mention, first CMI license
- Luis Diaz Aldana, Idaho National Laboratory
- Yoshiko Fujita, Idaho National Laboratory
- Dan Ginosar, Idaho National Laboratory
- Mike Irish, Irish Metals
- Tedd Lister, Idaho National Laboratory, collaboration with Ohio company to recover gold, minerals from electronic devices
- Denis Prodius, Ames Laboratory
- Ryan Ott, Ames Laboratory
- David Reed, Idaho National Laboratory
- Aaron Wilson, Idaho National Laboratory
Crosscutting Research
- Rod Eggert, Colorado School of Mines
- Yoshiko Fujita, Idaho National Laboratory
- Hongyue Jin, University of Arizona
- Scott McCall, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Alexandra Navrotsky, Arizona State University -- Goldschmidt award, ACS lifetime achievement award
- Ruby Nguyen, Idaho National Laboratory
- Emmanuel Ohene Opare, Idaho National Laboratory
- Ryan Ott, Ames Laboratory
- Aurelien Perron, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Richard Riman, Rutgers University, fellow of National Academy of Inventors
- John Sutherland, Purdue University
- Fei Zhou, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory