PERSONAL HISTORY
M.S. 1993, Ph.D. 1995, Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute, Russia; Assistant Professor, Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute, 1995-99; Research Staff, Princeton University, 1999-2004; Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory, 2004 – present.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development of semi-empirical potentials for atomistic computer simulation, computer simulation of structure and properties of liquid and amorphous materials, and computer simulation of solid-liquid interface and grain boundary migrations

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
M.I. Mendelev and D.J. Srolovitz
“Determination of alloy interatomic potentials from liquid-state diffraction data,” Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 66, 014205 (2002).

M.I. Mendelev and D.J. Srolovitz
“Impurity effects on grain boundary migration,” Modell. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng., Vol. 10, R79 (2002).

M.I. Mendelev, S. Han, D.J. Srolovitz, G.J. Ackland, D.Y.Sun and M. Asta
“Development of new interatomic potentials appropriate for crystalline and liquid iron,” Philos. Mag. A, Vol. 83, 3977 (2003).

G.J. Ackland, M.I. Mendelev, D.J. Srolovitz, S. Han and A. Barashev
“Radiation damage effect of phosphorus in iron,” J. Phys. Cond. Matter, Vol. 16, S2629 (2004).

M.I. Mendelev, H. Zhang, and D.J. Srolovitz
“Grain boundary self-diffusion in Ni: Effect of boundary inclination,” J. Mater. Res., Vol. 20, 1146 (2005).