David Waroquiers
Founder & CEO At Matgenix
Charleroi Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Waroquiers is a materials scientist and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building AI-driven materials discovery platforms and commercializing computational design solutions through his company Matgenix. He holds a PhD in Engineering and a materials engineering M.Eng., and blends deep academic research at Université catholique de Louvain with hands-on product and business development. His work targets energy applications—batteries, photovoltaics, hydrogen storage—alongside catalysis, high-performance alloys and molecular design, leveraging data mining and high-throughput computing. A contributor to the widely used pymatgen materials-analysis library, he has implemented and tested chemical-environment and connectivity features that support large-scale materials informatics. Trained in entrepreneurship and growth at Solvay Brussels School, he uniquely combines technical rigor with startup-savvy to translate complex simulations into industrial impact. Based in the Charleroi metropolitan area, he focuses on turning computational insights into deployable materials solutions for energy and industrial markets.
11 years of coding experience
Accelerated Management Program, Business Administration and Management, General, Réussi, Accelerated Management Program, Business Administration and Management, General, Réussi at Solvay Brussels SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering at Université catholique de Louvain
Github Skills (9)
science10
python10
pytest9
materials-informatics9
material-components9
testing9
material39
material-design9
graph-theory8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
materialsproject/pymatgen
Mar 2017 - May 2022
Python Materials Genomics (pymatgen) is a robust materials analysis code that defines classes for structures and molecules with support for many electronic structure codes. It powers the Materials Project.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 88 commits, 32 PRs in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:David's contributions focused on implementing and testing materials analysis code. They worked on features within the pymatgen library, particularly related to chemical environment analysis and connectivity. Their work included creating and modifying test files, and integrating new functionality within the `pymatgen` codebase, demonstrating a solid understanding of the project's objectives.
pymatgenpythonsciencematerials-sciencematerials-informatics
Matgenix/pysisso
Jul 2020 - Mar 2021
Python interface to the SISSO (Sure Independence Screening and Sparsifying Operator) method.
Contributions:86 commits, 8 PRs, 19 pushes in 8 months
operatorpython
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