His main research focus is the computational modeling of the mechanics and thermodynamics of advanced materials for energy. He spent nine years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a staff scientist developing methods to predict materials behavior under extreme irradiation, loading and temperature conditions. Marian is a recipient of DOE’s Early Career Research Award and has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in the fields of nuclear materials, plasticity, simulation algorithm development and fusion energy. He received a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering and materials science at UC Berkeley, and was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology, where he worked on spall failure in metals using computational mechanics.