Ralph Napolitano's research group is focused on understanding the dynamic processes of morphological evolution during solid-liquid phase transformations in terms of the fundamental thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the crystal-melt interface and its local response to thermal, solutal, and structural fluctuations. Efforts involve experimental and theoretical investigations of crystal-melt interfaces under equilibrium, near equilibrium, and far from equilibrium conditions. Thermodynamic and kinetic properties that ultimately govern the dynamics of morphological transitions are investigated over all relevant length and time scales. Pictured (left to right): Jeong Yun Choi, Shihuai Zhou, Ilkay Kalay, Danny Jorgensen, Zach Royer, Yukinobu Natsume, Ralph Napolitano, Melis Serefoglu. Not pictured: Amie Yang, Tim Hosch, Emrah Simsek.