About Me

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Simons Center for Computational Physical Chemistry at NYU. In my spare time, I am a scientific consultant, active in the area of machine learning, electrochemical engineering, and computational chemistry; visit Consulting Services for more details.

My current research focuses on understanding how chemistry is modified inside optical cavities, an emerging field known as polaritonic chemistry. Previously, I work on the dynamics and phase behavior of glass-forming liquids. I am also active in machine learning for molecular simulations.

The tools of my trade include theory, through statistical physics and field theories, and computer simulations, such as Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics, and rare-event sampling.

I completed my Ph.D. at the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering @ UC - Berkeley working with Prof. Kranthi Mandadapu. I attended Penn State for undergraduate studies and performed research under Prof. Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan (focusing on electrochemical capacitors) and Prof. Michael T. Lanagan (focusing on composite solid electrolytes).

Announcements

• 02/06/2025: Our work on applying mixed quantum-classical simulations in vibrational polaritonic chemistry is now up on Arxiv.

• 05/24/2024: Our work on a theory for emergent dynamical facilitation is now published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

• 03/31/2023: Our work on a theory for onset temperature in two-dimensional supercooled liquids is now published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In collaboration with Dimitrios Fraggedakis.