Research interests

• Computational materials science
• Mesoscale degradation phenomena arising from coupled atomistic reaction/transport processes
• Morphology and microstructure evolution of corroding alloys
• Viscoplasticity and creep damage of materials in extreme environments

Career path

• Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Ph.D. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at University of California Berkeley
• Post-masters Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory
• M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2025

M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2024

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016

Selected publications

N. Bieberdorf, L. Capolungo, M. Asta, “Morphologies of dealloying corrosion attack at grain boundaries,” Acta Materialia Vol 297, 121308 (2025).

S. Mills, H. Chan, N. Bieberdorf, E. Romanovskaia, V. Romanovski, M. Tran, L. Capolungo, M. Asta, J. Scully, A. Minor, P. Hosemann, “Uncovering the re-distribution mechanism of Ni in a de-alloyed Ni-Cr alloy in molten fluorinated salts,” npj Materials Degradation Vol 9, 87 (2025).

C. Bonneville, N. Bieberdorf, A. Hegde, M. Asta, H. Najm, L. Capolungo, C. Safta, “Accelerating phase field simulations through a hybrid adaptive Fourier neural operator with U-Net backbone,” npj Computational Materials Vol 11, 14 (2025)

J. Kerr*, N. Bieberdorf*, L. Capolungo, M. Asta, “Morphology selection in dealloying: a phase field study of the coupling among kinetic mechanisms,” Physical Review Materials Vol 8, 103802 (2024). *equal contribution

S. Mills, R. Hayes, N. Bieberdorf, S. Zeltmann, A. Kennedy, L. Capolungo, M. Asta, R. Scarlat, A. Minor, “Elucidating the role of Cr migration in Ni-Cr exposed to molten FLiNaK via multiscale characterization,” Acta Materialia Vol 279, 120206 (2024).

N. Bieberdorf, M. Asta, L. Capolungo, “Grain boundary effects in high-temperature liquid-metal dealloying: a multi-phase field study,” npj Computational Materials Vol 9, 127 (2023).

N. Bieberdorf, A. Tallman, M. Arul Kumar, V. Taupin, R. A. Lebensohn, L. Capolungo, “A mechanistic model for creep lifetime of ferritic steels: application to grade 91," International Journal of Plasticity, Vol 147 (2021).

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• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award at UC Berkeley (2025)
• UC Berkeley Corrosion Award in Materials Science and Engineering (2024)
• Gordon Research Conference on Computational Materials Science Best Poster Award (2024)
• TMS Presenter Award (2022)
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Student (2019)