Benjamin Sanchez-lengeling
Assistant Professor at Creative Destruction Lab
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolBenjamin Sanchez-lengeling is an assistant professor and computational chemist with 13 years of experience applying data-driven methods to solve complex chemical problems across academia and industry. He held research scientist roles at Google and DeepMind before transitioning to academia at the University of Toronto, and he mentors startups through Creative Destruction Lab. A co-founder of nonprofit science education initiatives in Mexico and an organizer at RIIAA, he blends research with a strong commitment to science outreach and capacity building. Trained in mathematics, computer science and computational chemistry (PhD Harvard; Erasmus Mundus master's), he brings rigorous quantitative modeling and machine learning expertise to problems in materials and molecular design. Less obvious: his career bridges high-impact industrial research and grassroots science education, allowing him to translate cutting-edge methods into accessible tools and programs.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Mathematics and Computer Science at Universidad de GuanajuatoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemistry Computational Science and Engineering Energy Policy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemistry Computational Science and Engineering Energy Policy at Harvard UniversityErasmus Mundus Master Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Erasmus Mundus Master Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling at University of Valencia
Spanish, English, Japanese, French
Github Skills (98)
codigo10
generative10
information-theory10
language-modeling10
sequence10
cheminformatics9
chainer9
keras9
distributions9
stochastic-processes8
qt8
deep-learning8
gtk8
molecule8
gaussian8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aspuru-guzik-group/gpHSP
Feb 2019 - Mar 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
Spandan-Madan/Spotify
Feb 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:164 commits in 3 months
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