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. My research deals with the development of novel algorithms using molecular simulation, high performance computing, and machine learning, to accelerate the discovery of novel porous materials for applications such as carbon capture, energy storage, catalysis, and drug delivery.
Here's a video explaining the research I do:
Here is a video explaining the background of our new paper on the reproducibility of surface areas calculated using the BET equation, published in Advanced Materials:
Invited talk (virtual/in-person) at the Nanyang Technological University (School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences), 21st January 2022.
Presentation (virtual) at the 2nd International School on Porous Materials: MOFschool2021, Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, 21-25 June 2021.
Presentation (virtual) at the bp-ICAM Annual Conference 2020, 20th-21st October 2020.
Invited talk at Chalmers University of Techonology (Department of Physics), 4th February 2019.
Invited talk at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Department of Theoretical Chemical Biology), 1st February 2019.
Invited talk at the Theoretical Chemistry Seminar at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 14th December 2018.
Awards
Cambridge International Scholarship
Trinity Henry-Barlow Scholarship
Merit based Scholarship in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 at UC, Berkeley
Top 3 of the graduating class at MIT, Manipal
School Topper Medal in the Unified Cyber Olympiad
School Wiz Kid Medal in the 10th National Science Olympiad
1 of 3 winners of the Global Young Scientists Summit 2021 Video Competition
Full bursary to attend MOFSchool2021 provided by the Italian Crystallographic Association
Teaching
Graduate Student Instructor for Mathematical Methods in Geophysics, Spring 2017 at UC, Berkeley (Nominated for the Outstanding GSI Award)
Supervisor for the module on ‘Adsorption and Advanced Nanoporous Materials’ as part of the Chemical Engineering Tripos, Michaelmas Term 2022, University of Cambridge
Co-instructor for a 6-week summer course on ‘Adsorption and Nanoporous Materials’ run by Cambridge Enterprise, Summer 2021 (1 course), 2022 (2 courses), and 2023 (1 course)
Mentoring
Mythili Sutharson, MPhil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering, Oct’ 2019 to Aug’ 2020 – Currently an Associate Consultant at Bain
Hiu Ki Wong, Part IIB in Chemical Engineering, Oct’ 2020 to April 2021 – Currently a Data Engineer at Pirical
George Irving, Part IIB in Chemical Engineering, Oct’ 2021 to April 2022 – Awarded the 1st prize for the best poster presentation
Khalid Al-Otaibi, MPhil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering, April 2022 to August 2022 (Saudi Aramco)
Zhiling Zheng, PhD in Chemistry, June 2023 to December 2023 – Currently a postdoc with Prof. Klavs Jensen at MIT
Ali Al-Awadhi, PhD in Chemistry, September 2023 to Ongoing
Kaiyu Wang, PhD in Chemistry, September 2023 to Ongoing
Juri Al-Johani, BS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, December 2023 to Ongoing
Joe Fu, BS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, June 2024 to Ongoing
Last update: 10th October, 2024. Template adapted (with permission) from Huacheng Yu's.