Research interests span large language models in chemistry, explainable AI, statistical mechanics, and chemical engineering.
Author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and books.
Recipient of junior investigator awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with professional and teaching excellence awards.
Serves as a peer reviewer for over 30 journals and reviews grants for multiple national and private funding agencies.
Member of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable at the National Academy of Sciences.
Active science communicator with large followings on X and LinkedIn; interviewed by The New York Times, Bloomberg, Nature, Financial Times, and Science.
Sits on scientific advisory boards of multiple biotech companies.
Contributed to AI safety discourse as a GPT-4 red teamer, spoken at policy summits, and advised U.S. federal agencies at the White House.