if you want to join the team, please contact us via this form - we are always happy to speak to potential new team members at all levels. each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective, and we are always eager to diversify our team further.

we value doing impactful work. but we do not believe in rushing things, but instead aim for a sustainable pace.

adrian mirza

adrian mirza

phd student
i am a chemical engineer by training. pursued my msc at tu delft, after which moved to the group as a phd student.
ali asghar "sadra" aghajani

ali asghar "sadra" aghajani

phd student
i'm a chemist by training who always wanted to combine theory and experiment and with the advent of machine learning and ai applications in the chemical sciences, that is more feasible than ever. my research in lamalab revolves around themes such as: chemical foundation models, universal chemical representation, virtual lab environments for reinforcement learning, and open-ended explorations of chemical space through active learning and lab automation.
gordan prastalo

gordan prastalo

phd student
i am a computer scientist by training interested in developing computational tools to accelerate scientific dicovery. my current research interests is to explore how to best represent molecules and generate new ones with desired properties.
kevin maik jablonka

kevin maik jablonka

pi
i am a chemist by training and diffused into machine learning. i did my phd at epfl and moved directly after it, in june 2023, to jena.
mara schilling-wilhelmi

mara schilling-wilhelmi

phd student
i did my master's degree in chemistry at the friedrich-schiller university jena, germany and i became a phd student in kevin's lab in october 2024. i focus on developing benchmarks for the chemistry domain, extracting information from published data with vision language models, and applying this data to predict polymer reactions.
martiño rios garcia

martiño rios garcia

phd student
i am chemist by training that converted into the computational side for my research. i am currently doing my phd at the friedrich schiller university jena.
meiling sun

meiling sun

phd student
i did my bachelor's in polymer engineering. my current research interest is to explore how artificial intelligence can contribute to chemical universe.
nawaf alampara

nawaf alampara

phd student
i studied physics at bit mesra for my bachelor's degree and pursued a master in energy from iit bombay. my research interest is in accelerating scientific discovery.
sreekanth kunchapu

sreekanth kunchapu

phd student
i am an engineer who developed a keen interest in machine learning while studying for my master's degree in chemical and energy engineering. i graduated with my master's in 2023. in the same year, i moved to jena to pursue my phd with the lamalab group. my main focus is on leveraging deep learning techniques for molecular applications.
viktor weißenborn

viktor weißenborn

phd student
i completed my bachelor's and master's in chemistry at fsu jena. i started my phd under the thwic cluster, focusing on llm-based data extraction, which i am now continuing in the lamalab group.