Publications & science communication

Publications & Media

Research papers, conference presentations, and science communication.

Science communication

Blue and pink atoms in cubic boron arsenide

Published · DEIXIS · September 2026

Good vibrations

My essay on atomic vibrations and the physics behind materials modeling. Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2026 DOE CSGF Communicate Your Science & Engineering (CYSE) contest.

Read the published essay

Podcast · Science in Parallel · October 2026

How cuNumeric.jl came about

David Krasowska and I discuss how we started cuNumeric.jl and our collaboration with NVIDIA on Science in Parallel.

Listen to the episode

Publications

Preprint · In review

Quantum Anharmonic Phonon Thermodynamics from the Free Energy Cumulant Expansion

E. Meitz, A. Castellano, G. J. Wang, and A. J. H. McGaughey

Research Square · 2026

Published

Phonon mode resolved anharmonic heat capacity of solids

E. J. Meitz, G. J. Wang, and A. J. H. McGaughey

Physical Review B 111, 064305 · 2025

Published

Effect of matrix properties on transmission and reflectance mode division-of-focal-plane Stokes polarimetry

L. E. Iannucci, M. B. Riak, E. Meitz, M. R. Bersi, V. Gruev, and S. P. Lake

Journal of Biomedical Optics 28(10), 102902 · 2023

Selected talks

Watch our JuliaCon 2025 talk

APS March Meeting · 2026

Stochastic Sampling for Quantum-Anharmonic Property Prediction in Solids

E. Meitz, A. Castellano, A. McGaughey, and G. Wang

JuliaCon · Pittsburgh · 2025

cuNumeric.jl: Automating Distributed Numerical Computing

E. Meitz and D. Krasowska

APS March Meeting · 2024

Mode-Resolved High-Temperature Vibrational Heat Capacity

E. Meitz, A. McGaughey, and G. Wang

Materials Research Society Spring Meeting · 2023

Liquid Heat Capacity from Instantaneous Normal Modes

E. Meitz, A. McGaughey, and G. Wang