Asif B
Research Staff Member at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolAsif B is a Research Staff Member and computational materials scientist with 10 years' experience applying high-throughput DFT, molecular dynamics, and machine learning to energy materials, especially solid-state lithium batteries and high-entropy alloys. He blends deep quantum-mechanical modeling (VASP, BigDFT, Orca) with data-driven material digitization and database curation to accelerate electrolyte and cathode discovery. His work spans multiscale modeling of plasticity and dislocation theory to practical electrochemistry challenges like hydrogen embrittlement and industrial screening projects with partners such as Umicore and OCAS. Comfortable both as an application scientist and a research engineer, he pairs hands-on code and workflow development (Python, FORTRAN) with technical writing and project supervision. Based in Brussels, he actively explores R&D and application-scientist roles that bridge academic rigor and industry-ready material data solutions. A less obvious strength is his track record of translating fundamental DFT insights into searchable material databases and analog design rules used for experimental follow-up.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Chemistry/Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Chemistry/Physics at Université Grenoble AlpesMaster's degree Computational chemistry, Master's degree Computational chemistry at University of AmsterdamMaster in Statistical physics Biomathematics Bioinformatics Statistical physics and Computational Biology, Master in Statistical physics Biomathematics Bioinformatics Statistical physics and Computational Biology at Sapienza Università di RomaMaster's degree Computational condensed matter physics, Master's degree Computational condensed matter physics at École normale supérieure de Lyon
English, Dutch
Github Skills (100)
energy10
genomics10
probability10
materials-informatics10
bioinformatics10
convex-hull9
avogadro9
chemistry9
science9
python9
code-analysis9
stress9
dft9
message-passing8
siggraph8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Asif-Iqbal-Bhatti/reading-YAML-file-from-phonopy-code
Jan 2020 - Jul 2022
python script for reading YAML file generated from phonopy code
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
pythondospython-scriptphonopyvasp
Asif-Iqbal-Bhatti/sqsgenerator
Apr 2022 - Nov 2024
A command line tool written in Python/Cython for finding optimized SQS structures
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 7 months
command-line-toolpythonfindingoptimizedcython
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