What results from a mixture of chemistry, mathematics, big data, history, philosophy, sociology, literature and drawing. Researcher (@mpiMathSci). He/him.
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Joined August 2009
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This is the outcome of an invitation by Chemistry World to write about the role of hypergraphs in chemistry #chemistry #mathematics
Stop drawing lies: Why chemistry needs hypergraphs: chemistryworld.com/opinion/s…
A pleasure to speak at the ERC SUSTECH Workshop in Pisa! A fantastic meeting reinforcing my belief that changing chemistry for the better requires interdisciplinary collaboration. Thanks to Elisa Giuliani, Arianna Martinelli, Stefan Wagner, and Olexandr Isayev for the invitation!
Ein interessantes Projekt, das Sara Lang und ich an der Universität Bielefeld leiten werden! aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/202…
Our project (Al-)Chemical Space In Silico (AXIS) was awarded $400K by @SchmidtSciences! 🎉
With Sarah Lang, we’re using AI & lab experiments to decode alchemical recipes, uncovering lost chemistry from pre-1800 manuscripts. schmidtsciences.org/havi-202…
#Chemistry #History
Great to connect with fellow Editors-in-Chief at the Springer Nature meeting today. Excellent insights to bring back to Theory in Biosciences as we continue to grow and improve!
Recently, I mentioned the importance of the private chemical space to improve AI results (rdcu.be/Tfmb6JtnYKna). This note (nature.com/articles/d41586-0…) highlights how even small amounts of private data can significantly improve the performance of AI models. #chemistry #AI
Can the maths of computational linguistics help map the history of chemistry? 🧪💻 Yes! Section 4 of this paper shows how those tools unveil changes in chemical concepts. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… (Based on fantastic work by @OrtliebStefania) #chemistry #linguistics #history
This great Terence Tao talk makes me think about the future of chemistry with AI. He asks: what is a real contribution now? What do we reward? What is truly "understood"—and who (or what) did the work? Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=M0--ZH1l… 🧪💻 #chemistry #AI
A real pleasure to have edited this special issue of Ambix on Computational History of Alchemy and Chemistry, together with my wonderful co-editors @SarahALang_ and @MahFarz. #chemistry #history tandfonline.com/toc/yamb20/7…
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Can AI spread like a virus and erode cognitive autonomy? Our new paper models how LLM adoption can cross tipping points, triggering runaway dependence and tech lock-in, suggesting routes to "cognitive immunization". arxiv.org/abs/2609.03344
Thrilled to be at #Petrocultures2026! Two wonderful panels made one thing clear: chemistry’s path to becoming truly sustainable requires not only chemistry, but also the social sciences and humanities. Sustainability is a scientific, social, cultural, and historical challenge
Interested in the philosophical implications of more than 200 years of chemical practice, please join me for my keynote lecture at UCLA on the philosophy of chemistry (31st August). Free on-line registration at docs.google.com/spreadsheets… #chemistry #philosophy
I was recently asked to comment on the role of hypergraphs in chemistry. The note is now part of the Summer 2026 CICAG Distillate of the RSC Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group. You can read it here: rsccicag.org/index_htm_files…
Very much looking forward to attending the Beilstein Dialogues Symposium 2026! beilstein-institut.de/en/sym… #chemistry #philosophy
Delighted to give one of the two keynote lectures at the 29th Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, hosted at UCLA, July 29–31, 2026 #chemistry #philosophy #history philosophyofchemistry.com/sy…
Excited to speak at the Oxford Seminar in the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. I’ll discuss how big data, computational, and mathematical tools are revealing new insights into the history of chemistry—both at the macro and micro levels ambix.org/?doing_wp_cron=177… #chemistry #history
A Chemistry World article about our paper on the dominant role of China in the discovery of chemicals, including rare-earth compounds chemistryworld.com/news/chin…
The geopolitics of chemical space: an interactive platform to explore each country’s contribution—and its international collaborations—in shaping chemical space (countrywise-chemical-space.c…). Paper: doi.org/10.1162/QSS.a.471 #economy #chemistry #geopolitics
Hypergraphs in chemistry selected as Digital Discovery editor pick of this week researchgate.net/journal/Dig… #chemistry #mathematics #AI via @researchgate
A pleasure to share this piece in Nature Chemistry, in which I discuss the limited diversity of chemical space and propose two strategies to expand it. rdcu.be/e8XWC #chemistry #AI
