Filip Szczypiński joined the group in January 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate working on the chemical aspects of autonomous discovery of advanced functional materials.

 

Filip obtained a First Class degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge in 2014, where his Part III project was supervised by Prof. Jonathan Nitschke and involved synthesis of large metal-organic cages and encapsulation of guests in their cavities. He then stayed in Cambridge to investigate synthetic information molecules with Prof. Chris Hunter for his PhD.

 

After completing his PhD, Filip moved to Imperial College London, where he worked with Dr Kim Jelfs on computational prediction of porous molecular material. During that time, Filip’s particular focus was on modelling structures that can be actually made in synthetic laboratories and used a variety of techniques, spanning classical and quantum chemical simulations as well as cheminformatics and machine learning algorithms.

 

In his spare time, Filip enjoys wine, food, and running. He has been spotted competing in international blind tasting competitions and delivering a number tastings, talks, and events for student societies, corporate entities, and the general public.