Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández
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Dr. Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at McMaster University, where he leads the ChemAI-Lab, a research group focused on the integration of artificial intelligence with quantum chemistry and materials science.
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, pioneering the use of machine learning algorithms to accelerate simulations of complex physical systems. He holds a bachelor's degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Dr. Vargas-Hernández completed postdoctoral fellowships under the mentorship of Professor P. Brumer and Professor A. Aspuru-Guzik at the University of Toronto/Vector Institute. His interdisciplinary research bridges quantum chemistry, machine learning, and materials discovery.
