January 2023 – Present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
Conducted research on machine learning methods for engineering and science
Developed tailored solutions for autonomous experimentation
Collaborated with domain scientists on AI-driven experimental acceleration
Developed software for inverse design using Tandem Neural Networks
October 2016 – September 2021: Doctoral Researcher / Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Background
Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Applied Math and Computational Research Division
Member of the Applied Computing for Scientific Discovery group
Research focuses on developing computational tools and methods to accelerate scientific discovery
Key research areas: hybrid machine learning and optimization methods, batch active learning for autonomous experimentation, tandem neural networks, surrogate black-box optimization
Currently exploring LLM agents and evolutionary-inspired frameworks for improving active learning and optimization algorithms
All research is driven by real-world problems in science and engineering