Eddie Gienger, a senior staff researcher, leads the Materials Discovery Section in the Exploratory Science Branch. His team invents, fabricates, and evaluates cutting-edge materials for a variety of sponsor needs. He has a background in multifunctional materials, composites, and novel materials characterization. His research primarily focuses on structure–property relationships ranging from additive manufacturing to biomechanics with the goal of accelerating materials discovery with artificial intelligence and automated characterization.