WARRENDALE, PA—The Materials Research Society (MRS) announced that Alán Aspuru-Guzik, University of Toronto, has been selected for the Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Materials Science for the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts. Aspuru-Guzik was selected by the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting Chairs.
Aspuru-Guzik will present as the plenary speaker at the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting on Monday, November 27.
Aspuru-Guzik is a professor of chemistry and computer science at the University of Toronto. He is also a faculty member at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Acceleration Consortium, a University of Toronto-based strategic initiative that aims to gather researchers from industry, government and academia around topics related to the labs of the future.
Aspuru-Guzik was previously a full professor at Harvard University where he started his career in 2006. He is currently the Canada 150 Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry, CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute and co-founder of Zapata Computing and Kebotix, two early-stage ventures in quantum computing and self-driving laboratories.
Aspuru-Guzik’s research lies at the interface of computer science with chemistry and physics. He integrates robotics, machine learning and quantum chemistry to develop “self-driving laboratories,” accelerating rates of scientific discovery. He develops quantum computer algorithms and has pioneered quantum algorithms for the simulation of matter.
Among other recognitions, he received the Google Focused Award for Quantum Computing (2018), the Sloan Research Fellowship (2009), The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2009), and was selected as one of the best innovators under the age of 35 by the MIT Technology Review (2010).
Aspuru-Guzik is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and received the Early Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.
Photo of Aspuru-Guzik is available upon request by contacting Ryan Rebholz.
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