Materials Project founder Kristin Persson wins 2026 Pritzker AI science prize
KyleCranmer · x · 2026-10-20
Kristin Persson of UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, founder of the Materials Project, wins the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence for pioneering the open-source, data-driven revolution in materials science.
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