Peter Schindler
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Office
- 275 SN
Research Focus
AI for Materials | Computational Materials Science
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Vienna, 2015
- M.Sc., Physics, University of Vienna, 2011
Honors & Awards
Erwin Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow (FWF, Austria)
Teaching Interests
- Thermodynamics of Materials
- Introduction to Materials Science
- Semiconductor Physics
- Computational Materials Science
Research Overview
AI for Materials | Computational Materials Science
Discovery of novel materials for renewable energy applications using high-throughput density functional theory calculations and data-driven materials property predictions. Additional focus on surface science of thin-film growth, semiconductor fabrication, and heterogeneous catalysis.
Research Centers and Institutes
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- C. Hsu, C. Schlesinger, K. Mudaliar, J. Leung, R. Walters, and P. Schindler, FIRE-GNN: Force-Informed, Relaxed Equivariance Graph Neural Network for Rapid and Accurate Prediction of Surface Properties, Advanced Intelligent Discovery (2025) e202500162 (10.1002/aidi.202500162)
- A. Mehdizadeh and P. Schindler, Surface stability modeling with universal machine learning interatomic potentials: a comprehensive cleavage energy benchmarking study, AI for Science 1, 2 (2025) 025002 (10.1088/3050-287X/ae1408)
- M. D. Witman and P. Schindler, MatFold: systematic insights into materials discovery models’ performance through standardized cross-validation protocols, Digital Discovery 4, 3 (2025) 625–635 (10.1039/D4DD00250D)
- P. Schindler, E. R. Antoniuk, G. Cheon, Y. Zhu, and E. J. Reed, Discovery of Stable Surfaces with Extreme Work Functions by High-Throughput Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning, Advanced Functional Materials 34, 19 (2024) 2401764 (10.1002/adfm.202401764)
- S. E. Rezaei and P. Schindler, Revealing Large Room-Temperature Nernst Coefficients in 2D Materials by First-Principles Modeling, Nanoscale 16, 12 (2024) 6142–6150 (10.1039/D3NR06127B)
- E. R. Antoniuk, P. Schindler, W. A. Schroeder, B. Dunham, P. Pianetta, T. Vecchione, and E. J. Reed, Novel Ultrabright and Air-Stable Photocathodes Discovered from Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory Driven Screening, Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 44, 120741 (10.1002/adma.202104081)
Sep 08, 2025
How Research Experiences Shaped One Student’s Career Goals
Sarah LaCroix, E’27, chemical engineering and computer science, has participated in several incredible research opportunities at Northeastern University. Each experience positively impacted her future career aspirations, and now she wishes to pursue a career in research and development post-graduation.
Jul 17, 2025
Fall 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.
Aug 17, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Peter Schindler
Peter Schindler joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in August 2022 as an Assistant Professor.