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Personal Profile
Steven Spurgeon teaches scientific instruments how to think. His team builds autonomous platforms that couple artificial intelligence (AI) with advanced characterization and materials processing, closing the loop between measurement, reasoning, and synthesis. This work accelerates the discovery and qualification of functional materials for power electronics, microelectronics, and energy technologies. He co-leads autonomous science efforts within the APEX Energy Frontier Research Center, the Transformational AI Models Consortium (ModCon), and a U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences program in ternary nitride synthesis. He also leads partnerships with instrument manufacturers to translate AI-guided experimentation into deployable tools.
Research Interests
Autonomous science and self-driving laboratories
AI-guided electron microscopy
Agentic AI for experimentation
Materials data science
Power electronic and microelectronic materials
Interfaces and defects in functional materials
Professional Experience
Joint Faculty, Colorado School of Mines (2025–Present)
Research Fellow, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder (2024–Present)
Materials Data Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2022–2024)
Affiliate Associate Professor of Physics, University of Washington (2021–2024)
Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2017–2022)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2015–2017)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Mechanism-Informed Breakdown: Understanding Degradation by Controlling Voltage-Hold Patterns in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers
Chan, A.-L., Hayden, S., Harvey, S., Smeaton, M., Okrucky, C., Watt, J., Ulicna, S., Spurgeon, S., Jungjohann, K. & Alia, S., 2026, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials. 9, 2, p. 924-937 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microstructure and Composition of Passivating Interfaces in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Modules Weathered in Different Climates: Article No. 114584
Norman, A., Jordan, D., Johnston, S., Teeter, G., Young, M., Spurgeon, S., Kern, D. & Smeaton, M., 2026, In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 307, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Revealing the Hidden Third Dimension of Point Defects in Two-Dimensional MXenes: Article No. 3473
Guinan, G., Smeaton, M., Wyatt, B., Goldy, S., Egan, H., Glaws, A., Tucker, G., Anasori, B. & Spurgeon, S., 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accelerating Discovery of Atomistic Defects via Machine Learning
Guinan, G., Smeaton, M., Egan, H., Glaws, A., Wyatt, B., Anasori, B. & Spurgeon, S., 2025, 1 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
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AI on the Atomic Edge: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Microscopy
Spurgeon, S., 2025, 78 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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American Physical Society (External organization)
Rose, A. (Member), Green, P. (Fellow), Dupuis, D. (Member), Roberts, D. (Member), Yadav, G. (Member), Leahy, I. (Member), Cordell, J. (Member), Hassanaly, M. (Member), Smaha, R. (Member), White, R. (Member), Klein, R. (Member), Eichstaedt, C. (Member), Marder, S. (Fellow), Griffin, K. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Mahatara, S. (Member), Spurgeon, S. (Member), Nozik, A. (Fellow), Lany, S. (Member) & Clarke, A. (Member)
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Materials Research Society, MRS (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Rose, A. (Member), Green, P. (Fellow), Roberts, D. (Member), Cordell, J. (Member), Young, J. L. (Member), Jungjohann, K. (Member), Dutta, N. (Member), Smaha, R. (Member), Bell, R. (Member), Aubry, T. (Member), Kang, A. (Member), Egbo, K. (Member), Marder, S. (Fellow), Kluherz, T. (Member), Quadir, S. (Member), Schichtl, Z. (Member), Smeaton, M. (Member), Tellekamp, B. (Member), Spurgeon, S. (Member), Norman, A. (Member), Nozik, A. (Member), Dinh, H. (Member), Lany, S. (Member), Xie, C. (Member), Kocher, J. (Member), Bhardwaj, R. K. (Member) & Harrison, K. (Member)
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Microscopy and Microanalysis (Journal)
Spurgeon, S. (Editor)
1 Jan 2000Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Microscopy Society of America/Microanalysis Society (External organization)
Mangum, J. (Member), Smeaton, M. (Member), Pu, X. (Member) & Spurgeon, S. (Chair)
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The Community for Autonomous Scientific Experimentation (External organization)
Spurgeon, S. (Member)
1 Jan 2000Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Awards and Honors
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Deal of Distinction Award, Licensing Executives Society
Spurgeon, S. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award
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