<p>Pascal Thome is an assistant research professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering. Thome obtained his PhD in materials science from the Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany in 2019. As an habilitation candidate, he established a research grouin the field of microstructure informatics at the RUB in Germany before beginning his career in Arizona in 2024. Further, Thome provides scientific consulting services pertaining to digital image analysis for industrial projects in Germany. His main research interests include the application of computer vision technology to quantitative microstructure characterization and the quantitative description of the relations between processing, microstructure, and properties by using novel strategies based on artificial intelligence. He is the author or co-author of more than 20 scholarly publications. <p> < <p>Degrees: <p>Bachelor of Science, RUB Germany 2012) <p>Master of Science, RUB Germany 2013) <p>PhD materials science, Dr.Ing. RUB Germany 2019)