Andres Bran
Co-Founder at b12 Labs (YC S25)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndres Bran is a PhD student at EPFL and co-founder of b12 Labs (YC S25) who blends chemistry, computational science, and AI to develop LLM-driven tools for chemical discovery. With eight years of research and industry experience—including internships and visiting roles at the Max Planck Institute and an i‑Scholar fellowship at the University of Rochester—he navigates between deep theory and practical engineering. His work sits at the intersection of computational chemistry and large language models, applying data-driven methods to accelerate scientific workflows. Based in San Francisco, he has a track record of translating academic research into startup ventures and open projects on GitHub. Colleagues note his uncommon mix of lab-trained chemical intuition and hands-on AI development, enabling him to connect domain expertise with scalable model-driven solutions. He is equally active in scientific communities, evidenced by recent participation in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Chemistry student computational chemistry, Chemistry student computational chemistry at Universidad de AntioquiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at EPFL
English, German, Spanish, Chinese, French
Github Skills (31)
chatgpt10
python10
langchain10
open-source10
typescript10
llm10
openai10
nvidia-smi10
ai10
generative-ai10
gemini10
pydantic10
anthropic10
vim-plugin9
command-line-utility9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ur-whitelab/chemcrow-public
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
Chemcrow
Contributions:11 releases, 1 review, 21 PRs in 1 year 6 months
doncamilom/BOLLaMa
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 release, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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