Kiran Vaddi
@imvaddi.bsky.social
Building self-driving labs for soft matter.
https://kiranvad.github.io/
https://kiranvad.github.io/
Autonomous MatSci companies are coming up thick and fast. Not too long ago, it felt likely a lonely academic world in this space.
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Autonomous MatSci companies are coming up thick and fast. Not too long ago, it felt likely a lonely academic world in this space.
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
One of the neatly thought out, executed, and written papers I have read in the recent past. It took me a while to understand the core concept of this paper.
In the times where every notebook in BoTorch packages is a new paper (just stamp a new materials data), this is very refreshing.
In the times where every notebook in BoTorch packages is a new paper (just stamp a new materials data), this is very refreshing.
AI meets nanoparticle design! CCBO smartly hits size targets in polymer synthesis, beating traditional methods and expert guesses all with minimal data. Discover how this can reshape materials science.
👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DD...
#Nanotech #AI
👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DD...
#Nanotech #AI
September 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of the neatly thought out, executed, and written papers I have read in the recent past. It took me a while to understand the core concept of this paper.
In the times where every notebook in BoTorch packages is a new paper (just stamp a new materials data), this is very refreshing.
In the times where every notebook in BoTorch packages is a new paper (just stamp a new materials data), this is very refreshing.
I wish more faculty search committees followed DTU level clear communication.
I applied for a AI4Materials position with a May 7th deadline and received an update (rejection) on June 1st with clear detail that they’ve made first round selection. No one in the US and India are even remotely close.
I applied for a AI4Materials position with a May 7th deadline and received an update (rejection) on June 1st with clear detail that they’ve made first round selection. No one in the US and India are even remotely close.
June 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I wish more faculty search committees followed DTU level clear communication.
I applied for a AI4Materials position with a May 7th deadline and received an update (rejection) on June 1st with clear detail that they’ve made first round selection. No one in the US and India are even remotely close.
I applied for a AI4Materials position with a May 7th deadline and received an update (rejection) on June 1st with clear detail that they’ve made first round selection. No one in the US and India are even remotely close.
University of Washington campus is spoilt with these stunning views from a normal class/seminar room.
This was from this afternoon at the undergraduate research symposium.
This was from this afternoon at the undergraduate research symposium.
May 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
University of Washington campus is spoilt with these stunning views from a normal class/seminar room.
This was from this afternoon at the undergraduate research symposium.
This was from this afternoon at the undergraduate research symposium.
Spring in Pacific Northwest…So So Good!
View from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic NP.
View from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic NP.
April 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Spring in Pacific Northwest…So So Good!
View from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic NP.
View from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic NP.
Love this quote:
“I think it matters, having your own personal cheerleader. I think everyone deserves to know, Here is someone who believes in me. Here’s someone who believes I can do great things, and who will never, ever quit rooting for me”
“I think it matters, having your own personal cheerleader. I think everyone deserves to know, Here is someone who believes in me. Here’s someone who believes I can do great things, and who will never, ever quit rooting for me”
70% through this book and could relate to so much: immigrant scientist in the US, spouse stuck abroad on visa issues, lack of opportunities at every step of the way… and out of no where I see a mention on Buffalo,NY and University of Washington on the same page.
Feels like a cinematic universe.
Feels like a cinematic universe.
April 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Love this quote:
“I think it matters, having your own personal cheerleader. I think everyone deserves to know, Here is someone who believes in me. Here’s someone who believes I can do great things, and who will never, ever quit rooting for me”
“I think it matters, having your own personal cheerleader. I think everyone deserves to know, Here is someone who believes in me. Here’s someone who believes I can do great things, and who will never, ever quit rooting for me”
70% through this book and could relate to so much: immigrant scientist in the US, spouse stuck abroad on visa issues, lack of opportunities at every step of the way… and out of no where I see a mention on Buffalo,NY and University of Washington on the same page.
Feels like a cinematic universe.
Feels like a cinematic universe.
April 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
70% through this book and could relate to so much: immigrant scientist in the US, spouse stuck abroad on visa issues, lack of opportunities at every step of the way… and out of no where I see a mention on Buffalo,NY and University of Washington on the same page.
Feels like a cinematic universe.
Feels like a cinematic universe.
Reposted by Kiran Vaddi
Reposted by Kiran Vaddi
New preprint from Pozzo group demonstrating SAXS analysis of very large multi-protein assemblies using Monte Carlo sampling.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
New preprint from Pozzo group demonstrating SAXS analysis of very large multi-protein assemblies using Monte Carlo sampling.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Reposted by Kiran Vaddi
New preprint from our lab, led by postdoc @imvaddi.bsky.social. A fully differentiable phase-mapping algorithm for autonomous experimentation integrating active sampling and generative methods for functional data (i.e. spectroscopy, scattering, or any function). 1/3
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Autonomous Phase Mapping of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesis with Differentiable Models of Spectral Shape
Autonomous experimentation, or self-driving labs as they are popularly known, is a novel way of experimental planning and scheduling to systematically integrate automated material synthesis, character...
chemrxiv.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New preprint from our lab, led by postdoc @imvaddi.bsky.social. A fully differentiable phase-mapping algorithm for autonomous experimentation integrating active sampling and generative methods for functional data (i.e. spectroscopy, scattering, or any function). 1/3
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...