Darren Pagan earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 2010 and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 2016. As a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Darren developed new methods for integrating diffraction data with crystal plasticity finite element modeling and used X-ray techniques to characterize deformation in-situ under quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions. Prior to joining Penn State, Darren Pagan was a staff scientist overseeing the structural materials and mechanics program at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS). Darren joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State in 2020.