Publications & science communication

Writing

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 ↗

Forthcoming · CSGF podcast

cuNumeric.jl and the CSGF experience

Discussing cuNumeric.jl, our collaboration with NVIDIA, and what it is like to have an advisor who also held the DOE CSGF fellowship. Listening link coming soon.

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