Nakul Rampal

BIDMaP Fellow
Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet
University of California, Berkeley
Email: nakul.rampal [at] berkeley [dot] edu
Office 373 Cory Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1770

Current Research Interests:
My research applies generative AI to reticular chemistry, with a focus on creating synthetic datasets, developing evaluation frameworks and benchmarks, and integrating AI into computational and experimental pipelines. I am particularly interested in how these tools can accelerate the design and application of MOFs, COFs, and related materials for hydrogen storage, carbon capture, and water harvesting.

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I am currently a BIDMaP Fellow at the University of Calfornia, Berkeley advised by Omar Yaghi, Jennifer Chayes, and Christian Borgs. I completed by PhD at the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge where I was fortunate to be advised by David Fairen-Jimenez . Prior to Cambridge, I completed my MS at the University of California, Berkeley where I was fortunate to be advised by Berend Smit. Prior to that, I did my undergraduate research at IIT Bombay where I was fortunate to be advised by Ateeque Malani. I completed by undergraduate degree at Manipal Institute of Technology.
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