Ekin Dogus Cubuk

Ekin Dogus Cubuk

Founder, Periodic Labs

AI & Machine Learning Energy Materials Science Scientific Research

About

Ekin Dogus Cubuk is a co-founder of Periodic Labs, a recently launched venture applying AI to accelerate discoveries in materials science. Prior to this, he was a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, where he focused on deep learning and its applications to solid-state physics and materials science. Ekin holds a PhD from Harvard University, where he studied disordered solids and battery materials using density functional theory and machine learning. He later conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University. His recent work explores the generalization properties of large neural networks and their impact on real-world scientific challenges, from clean energy to next-generation computing.

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