Sarath Menon
Reserch Group Leader - Atomistic Simulation Of Thermodynamic Properties
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolSarath Menon is a research group leader and software-savvy materials scientist with 10 years' experience building reproducible atomistic simulation workflows and scientific software in C++ and Python. He leads efforts on machine-learning interatomic potentials and thermodynamic property prediction, translating complex atomistic models into robust, shareable pipelines as part of NFDI‑MatWek and ICAMS. Having progressed from industry production engineering to a PhD and postdoctoral posts at Ruhr‑Universität Bochum and the Max‑Planck‑Institut für Eisenforschung, he combines practical systems thinking with deep domain expertise. Sarath is notable for blending hands‑on software development with methodological rigor—publishing tools and code on GitHub that support reproducible materials research—and for his focus on quantifying thermodynamic quantities directly from atomistic data.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science at Ruhr University BochumBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Calicut
English, Malayalam, German
Github Skills (125)
python10
command-line-interface10
energy10
forge10
mpi4py10
pyiron10
conda-forge10
computational-materials-science10
dft10
chemical-engineering10
python-interface10
conda10
materials-informatics10
dask-distributed10
atomic10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
pyscal/pychromatic
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
A python module for better color palettes
Contributions:1 release, 133 commits, 3 PRs in 3 years 4 months
pythonpython-modulecolor-schemeplottingcolor-palettes
ICAMS/calphy
Apr 2020 - Nov 2022
A Python library and command line interface for automated free energy calculations
Contributions:35 releases, 1 review, 710 commits in 2 years 6 months
python-librarychemical-engineeringinteratomic-potentialslammpspython
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