Our Team
The Pollice Research Group is committed to create an inclusive research environment where members feel safe and respected. We believe that diversity is an intrinsic and important part of the academic community and, therefore, we appreciate differences in backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and facilitate them to help everyone in our team to reach their full potential in both scientific and non-scientific matters.
Our Research
Our research interests rest on four main pillars. Our primary target is the design of molecular catalysts for organic reactions with the help of computers. To realize that, we combine the simulation of chemical reactions with lab automation for high-throughput experiments and artificial molecular design algorithms. This allows us to incorporate data-driven algorithms directly into our workflow enabling us to accelerate the discovery process.
Latest News
March 14, 2023
On March 14, Rob was guest at the Late Night Conference hosted by Prof. Wilhelm Huck at Radboud University Nijmegen and talked about Artificial Organic Chemistry and Inverse Molecular Design. Click on this news item to watch the video.
February 27, 2023
On February 27, Andrei joined the group as its second Master student. He will work on de novo molecular design using language models.
Group Resources
February 23, 2023
Our website now has a Group Resources page with links to dedicated external pages providing both research- and group-related material, data, and content.
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Recent Papers
February 17, 2023
R. A. Vargas-Hernández*, K. Jorner, R. Pollice, A. Aspuru-Guzik
J. Chem. Phys. 2023, In Press.
November 14, 2022
T. C. Wu#, A. A. Granda#, K. Hotta, S. A. Yazdani, R. Pollice, J. Vestfrid, H. Hao, C. Lavigne, M. Seifrid, N. Angello, F. Bencheikh, J. E. Hein, M. Burke, C. Adachi, A. Aspuru-Guzik*
Adv. Mater. 2022, In Press.
November 10, 2022
C. Lavigne, G. d. P. Gomes#,*, R. Pollice#,*, A. Aspuru-Guzik*
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 13857 - 13871.