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>_ Leadership Team

Headshot of a woman. Name Kim Jelfs

Professor in Computational Materials Chemistry and co-Director of the Digital Molecular Design and Fabrication (DigiFAB) at Imperial College, specialising in computational approaches towards enabling functional molecular material discovery.

Kim Jelfs

Co-PI and Hub Co-Director

Headshot of a man. Name Andy Cooper

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Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Materials Innovation Factory at the University of Liverpool, specialising in the fusion of computational prediction and experiment to discover new materials.

Andy Cooper

Co-PI and Hub Co-Director

Headshot of a woman. Name Chris Mellor

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Hub Co-Manager based at Imperial College. Chris has a PhD in Computational Chemistry and brings over 15 years’ experience working in research management roles within academia to the the hub.

Chris Mellor

Hub Co-Manager

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Hub Co-Manager based at University of Liverpool. Ben’s PhD and past research focused on the development of intelligent autonomous methodologies. He brings to the hub over 10 years of experience working in research management across both academia and industry.  

Ben Alston

Hub Co-Manager

Headshot of a man. Name Jeremy Frey

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Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southampton and Lead of the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI), who aim to accelerate research in the physical sciences by providing a data infrastructure that brings together and builds upon the various data systems researcher use.

Jeremy Frey

Headshot of a woman. Name Jacqui Cole

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Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, specialising in artificial intelligence with data science, computational methods and experimental research to afford a ‘design-to-device’ pipeline for data-driven materials discovery.

Jacqui Cole

Headshot of a woman. Name Katie Atkinson

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Professor of Computer Science and Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, specialising in computational models of argument and explainable AI.

Katie Atkinson

Headshot of a woman. Name Ruth Misener

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Professor in Computational Optimisation at Imperial College, specialising in numerical optimisation algorithms and computational software frameworks, with a focus on optimisation challenges arising in industry.

Ruth Misener

>_ ECR Commitee

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Alex Ganose is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. His work is focused on using computational materials chemistry, machine learning, and high-throughput calculations to design new materials for energy applications. Through Alchemy he is looking to develop new collaborations for applying AI to materials discovery.

Dr. Alex Ganose

Co-Chair

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Gabriella Pizzuto is a lecturer in Robotics and Chemistry Automation and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Background in cognitive robotics, learning-based robot manipulation and applied computer vision. She is keen to collaborate on new Chemistry applications using robotics systems and learn from experts about AI for improving robotic chemists.

Dr. Gabriella Pizzuto

Co-Chair

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Expertise in machine learnt quantum mechanical and force-field models of molecules and materials. Considerable background in both periodic and vacuum electronic structure methods, particularly as applied to excited states in semiconductors. He is most keen to develop collaborations and apply this expertise into material and molecule design via Alchemy. 

Dr. Jarvist Frost

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Becky is Royal Society URF and Senior Lecturer at Imperial College with expertise in molecular materials and high-throughput automation. In
AIchemy, she is keen to develop new collaborations where high-throughput
experimental data curation would be valuable, and to promote access to
high-throughput equipment with a focus on low-cost approaches.

Dr. Becky Greenaway

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Keith is Associate Professor in Computational Materials Chemistry at UCL where he leads the Materials Design and Informatics Group. MDIG works in applied machine learning and atomistic simulation for the accelerated optimisation and discovery of new materials for green energy applications.

Dr. Keith Butler

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Anthony Bradley is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Chemistry, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Liverpool. His research aims to pioneer change through advanced experimental and computational automations, key focus areas include creating high-quality datasets and developing advanced predictive models.

Dr. Anthony Bradley

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Tahereh Nematiaram is a Chancellor’s Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde. Specialising in developing innovative methods that integrate novel physical models with computational screening. Her research aims to identify advanced materials with targeted properties, determine the realistic physical limits, and drive practical design methods.

Dr. Tahereh Nematiaram

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John is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool with expertise in synthetic organic methodology development, supramolecular chemistry, and functional materials. He is keen to develop new collaborations for large scale multidisciplinary projects applying AI and robotics to challenges in organic synthesis.

Dr. John Ward

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Dr. Antonio del Rio Chanona is a chemical engineer specialising in optimisation and machine learning for process systems engineering.
His research focuses on applying AI to improve bioprocess control and optimisation.He leads a research group at Imperial College London and co-directs EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Synthesis & Reaction Technology (rEaCt).

Dr. Antonio del Rio Chanona

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Kourosh Darvish is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto with expertise in human-robot collaboration and AI. His research focuses on developing intelligent robotic systems capable of assisting humans in complex tasks, such as those found in chemistry laboratories.

Kourosh Darvish

>_ Co-Investigators

Prof. Alessandro Troisi, University of Liverpool

Dr. Alex Ganose, Imperial

Dr. Antonio del Rio Chanona, Imperial

Prof. Aron Walsh, Imperial

Dr. Becky Greenaway, Imperial

Dr. Calvin Tsay, Imperial

Dr. David Wilkins, Queen’s University Belfast

Dr. Gabriella Pizzuto, University of Liverpool

Prof. Graeme Day, Univeristy of Southampton

Prof. Igor Larossa, University of Manchester

Dr. Jarvist Frost, Imperial

Dr. John Ward, University of Liverpool

Prof. Jordi Bures, University of Manchester

Dr. Keith Butler, UCL

Prof. Martijn Zwijnenburg, UCL

Prof. Matt Rosseinsky FRS, University of Liverpool

Dr. Matthew Dyer, University of Liverpool

Prof. Mimi Hii, Imperial

Prof. Rahul Savani, University of Liverpool

Prof. Sophia Yaliraki, Imperial

Dr. Tahereh Nematiaram, University of Strathclyde

Prof. Vitaly Kurlin, University of Liverpool

Dr. Vladimir Gusev, University of Liverpool

Prof. Volker Deringer, University of Oxford

Dr. Yingzhen Li, Imperial