
Computational Chemistry and Machine Learning | previously: @SchwallerGroup @EPFL | @BASF | @TheorHetCatICIQ | scientific Illustrations when time allows
Lucerne, Switzerland
Joined February 2019
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Edvin Fako retweeted
We are very excited to share our new perspective article on AI for chemical reactivity and catalysis, available now in JACS! This is the outcome of a wonderful discussion with experts in this field #Compchem #MachineLearning #RealTimeChem #Cheminformatics
Boosting Computational Catalysis and Chemical Reactivity with Artificial Intelligence | Journal of the American Chemical Society @EPFL @ETH @ETH_DCHAB @UTKnoxvilleNews @UTKnoxville pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Edvin Fako retweeted
Boosting Computational Catalysis and Chemical Reactivity with Artificial Intelligence | Journal of the American Chemical Society @EPFL @ETH @ETH_DCHAB @UTKnoxvilleNews @UTKnoxville pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Edvin Fako retweeted
Thrilled to share our new work MatInvent, a general and efficient reinforcement learning workflow that optimizes diffusion models for goal-directed crystal generation. Thanks to @JeffGuo__ , @efssh , @pschwllr , @SchwallerGroup , @NCCR_Catalysis .
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03112
Edvin Fako retweeted
Exciting postdoc opportunity in the @SchwallerGroup at EPFL!
We're hiring a postdoc to advance ML-driven synthesis planning after Zlatko Joncev’s successful exit to co-found B-12 (YC '25) 🚀
Work on:
- LLMs for strategic synthesis planning
- Chemical reasoning at scale
- Building the next-gen framework for retrosynthesis
Our recent preprint shows that LLMs can guide synthesis planning with natural-language strategies — combining AI reasoning with traditional chemical tools (arxiv.org/abs/2503.08537).
Join us at the intersection of chemistry & AI. Up to 2 years. Based in Lausanne 🇨🇭
Apply: forms.fillout.com/t/nnxVE3Rc…
#ChemTwitter #MachineLearning #SynthesisPlanning #PostdocPosition
Edvin Fako retweeted
Which foundation MLIP is best suited for your application? The MLIPX framework can help you answering this question. Checkout the Paper iopscience.iop.org/article/1… and github.com/basf/mlipx
#MLIPX
Edvin Fako retweeted
Check out the fantastic entries, adsKRK and DynoAgent, from the @SchwallerGroup's LLMs for Materials and Chemistry Applications Hackathon team!
From heterogeneous catalysis to proteins - MD simulations made simple and explainable 🚀
@efssh @XuanVuNguyen18 @6ojaHa Ryo, Salomé, Cassandra, and Jeremy. Proud of you!
Thanks for the global organisation, @BenBlaiszik!
#LLMHackathon #AIMat #AIChem
Edvin Fako retweeted
🚨 PhD & Postdoc positions in Computational Chemistry 🚨
Funded by SNSF + ERC Starting Grant in my group @unifrChemistry (Fribourg 🇨🇭).
Focus: ML × DFT (method development & applications).
Please RT 🙏
📄 Info & apply: unifr.ch/chem/en/assets/publ…
Edvin Fako retweeted
Thrilled to present our new work on Reinforcement Learning for 3D Crystal Diffusion Generation in #AI4Mat at #ICLR2025 ! We show that RL can optimize diffusion models for goal-directed crystal generation. Thanks to @pschwllr and @SchwallerGroup !
openreview.net/forum?id=Ovxf…
Edvin Fako retweeted
Hello from Singapore 🇸🇬! Thrilled to be at #ICLR2025 presenting our work on fragment-based drug discovery 🧩. We go beyond virtual screening with a generative, structure-aware approach.
📃 openreview.net/forum?id=bZW1…
🔗 github.com/rneeser/LatentFra…
A thread 🧵👇
Edvin Fako retweeted
Finally, would I trust an LLM with my expensive experiment? Absolutely not. ❌
Would I trust a GP? Yes. ✅
LLM optimized through a GP? Absolutely YES. 💯💯💯
We offer a principled path to using LLMs for real-world optimization — under uncertainty, under low data, under control.
Edvin Fako retweeted
#ICIQPhD
🎓 Moltes felicitats, Dra. @ARuizFerrando from Prof. Núria López's group
📚 Today Andrea has defended her thesis on single-atom catalysis, revealing fundamental mechanisms and potential applications in catalysis and nanotechnology.
About her 🔗iciq.org/moltes-felicitats-d…
Edvin Fako retweeted
The first time I used this model I was pretty breath taken. The coolest things: with just a few lines, **anyone** can now run decent atomic scale simulations.
Try it out yourself! Details in 🧵
paper: arxiv.org/abs/2401.00096
Our large collaborative effort shows the impressive range of applicability of foundational ML potentials, developed using only open-source data and software. More than 30 applications, including MOFs, catalysis, water, and more simulated with one model.
arxiv.org/abs/2401.00096
Edvin Fako retweeted
Great news! Following hot on the heels of the MACE-MP-0 foundation model that hit arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2401.00096) 10 days ago, the MACE package just landed on PyPI pypi.org/project/mace-torch. Just run
`pip install mace-torch` to get started!
Edvin Fako retweeted
Our large collaborative effort shows the impressive range of applicability of foundational ML potentials, developed using only open-source data and software. More than 30 applications, including MOFs, catalysis, water, and more simulated with one model.
arxiv.org/abs/2401.00096
Edvin Fako retweeted
Pleased to see our viewpoint on single-atom catalysts @ACSCatalysis, highlighted with this beautiful cover designed and crafted by the great @efssh🎉👇
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Edvin Fako retweeted
What would you do with a DFT-accurate(ish) #machinelearning potential that can handle 25 transition metals? Find out how we made one, and what we did with it, in the our latest (and last for 2022) #preprint on high-entropy alloys and alchemical compression arxiv.org/abs/2212.13254
Edvin Fako retweeted
So the post-doc position is now open for @oh2pera project.
Simulations of perovskites. Please RT
@GEFES_RSEF @Geen_Rseq @LatinXChem
Deadline 30/11
iciq.org/jobs-grants/positio…
Edvin Fako retweeted
I will be having a post-doc position in the @oh2pera project.
Edvin Fako retweeted
I have an open #compchem postdoc position to simulate ionic liquids with molecular dynamics. RT appreciated!
Check link for details:
usc.es/ciqus/en/empleo/postd…
Edvin Fako retweeted
What is the optimal nanostructure to propel catalytic reactions and what is the corresponding descriptor? See our recent study on metal-catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination @NatureNano
@TheorHetCatICIQ @efssh @SelinaKKaiser1 @catalysis_eth 👇
nature.com/articles/s41565-0…

























