About
i am a molecular architect (of sorts) spending most of my youth developing computational models for the discovery & design of new materials - occassionally succesfully. i also have interests in the mechanistic underpinnings of the behaviour of these materials in applications ranging from medicine to energy.
i am a third year phd student in chemical engineering at the university of cambridge working with professor david fairen-jimenez. in 2025 i undertook a research fellowship at university of california, berkeley with professor omar yaghi (nobel prize in chemistry). prior to this, i completed a masters in physics at the cavendish laboratory, cambridge and a bachelors in materials science at the indian institute of technology gandhinagar.
areas of research i am interested in (no particular order):
- de novo molecular design
- language models; diffusion models; flow models
- metal-organic frameworks; supramolecular materials
- physisorptive carbon capture
- hydrogen/methane storage
- proton transport
- heterogeneous catalysis (although my knowledge here is found wanting, i find these papers super cool)
- drug delivery (potentially cool, but MOF research on it is a mess, so I consider myself a curious observer)
despite my more than fair share of problems with academia, i find myself quite drawn to science and all the baggage that it comes with; someday however, i may leave all this behind to become a pilot [...] until then, i am always open to discussing science. if you're curious about my work - reach out at dm958[at]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk