About

Arjun Wadhawan is a Design Engineer at ASML, with a Ph.D. in Computational Science from the University of Amsterdam, and a background in Applied Geology from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He is a skilled researcher with a passion for anything related to computers and science, particularly in the areas of machine learning and data-driven approaches to unravel scientific theories in chemistry. Arjun's research area is in the study of Rare Event -crystallization primarily of Gas Hydrates, Nacl, and Calcium Carbonate system. He has also worked with Monte-Carlo and CFD simulation. Prior to his current role, Arjun worked with Schlumberger analyzing scientific data from oil wells around the world. Arjun is also an accomplished musician, singer, and guitarist, performing at many different places, including bars and clubs in Amsterdam. His recent band was mentored by the Conservatorium of Amsterdam in Pop-Rock genre. He writes blogs about cooking and traveling, and his work can be found on Steemit. In his current role at ASML, Arjun is building and testing algorithms to help align wafers, improving the semiconductor's yield. He is a data scientist for nano-technology, and he has also worked as a Ph.D. fellow in Computational Chemistry at the University of Amsterdam, sponsored by Shell, working at Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences. Here, he studied the mechanism of how the energy-rich cages of hydrates are formed, using trajectory-based analysis methods like Transition Path sampling and Transition Interface Sampling. Arjun has won several awards, including the Poster Prize Award at the Ice Nucleation Conference at EPFL Switzerland 2018, and the Kaleidoscope Video competition at Shell India's Energy Transition Technology Summit 2018. He has also been invited to give talks at several events, including the Dutch Association for Crystal Growth (DACG)'s spring meeting 2018 and Physics@Veldhoven 2020.