Meet the researchers advancing AI-driven materials discovery and design
Principal Investigator

Kamal Choudhary, PhD
Assistant Professor
Joint appointments in Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Data Science & AI Institute
Research Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Fellow, American Physical Society (2025)
Associate Editor, Nature: npj Computational Materials
Editorial Board, Scientific Data, Materials Today Communications, PRX Energy, Machine Learning: Science and Technology
Β drkamal@jhu.eduΒ or kchoudh2@jhu.edu
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PhD Students
Jaehyung Lee

Jae is a PhD student interested in the application of computational tools & methods on the atomic scale to discover novel energy materials. He has been working on developing agentic AI and generative models for materials design.
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Fun fact: I served 2 years of military service prior to joining Johns Hopkins!
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leejaehyung/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6hNv7BAAAAAJ&hl=en
Charles Rhys Campbell

Status: Incoming PhD student (Starting 2026)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crhysc
Undergraduate Researchers
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Justin Ely

Kent Zhang

Akshaya Ajith
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Shrijani Buruganahalli
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Join Our Team
We’re actively recruiting passionate researchers at all levels. Ideal candidates have backgrounds in:
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- Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or related fields
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- Computer Science, Data Science, or Machine Learning
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- Computational modeling or scientific programming
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- Strong interest in interdisciplinary research combining physics and AI
How to Apply:
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Email your CV/Resume to drkamal@jhu.edu
Subject line: “Postdoc/PhD/Undergrad research application”Watch our introductory YouTube videos (Learn about JARVIS, materials informatics, and our research approach)
Try these Google Colab notebooks (Get hands-on experience with our tools and datasets)
- Go through introductory books in materials/data science, review articles such as this one.
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The videos and notebooks ensure all applicants start with the same foundational knowledge and demonstrate your genuine interest in our research.