Experience
- Computational Scientist, Physical Sciences Division,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA (June 2025 – present)
- Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Yale University,
New Haven, USA (September 2023 – June 2025)
- Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Rice University,
Houston, USA (August 2017 – July 2023)
Education
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA (2023)
- M.A. in Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA (2019)
- M.Sc. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (2017)
- B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2015)
Awards
- Löwdin Postdoctoral Researcher Award, 63rd Sanibel Symposium, University of Florida, USA (2024)
- Fall Travel Award, Chemistry Graduate Student Association, Rice University, USA (2022)
- Harry B. Weiser Research Award, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, USA (2021)
- Summer Research Programme Bursary, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK (2016)
- INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, India (2012 – 2017)
Publications
See the
Publications page.
Invited talks
- Pint of Postdoc, Yale Postdoctoral Association, Yale University,
New Haven, USA (May 22, 2025)
- Workshop on Quantum Computing Applications in Quantum Chemistry,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Microsoft Azure Quantum, Seattle, USA (April 11, 2025)
Teaching
- Teaching assistant, CHEM 531: Advanced Quantum Chemistry, Rice University (Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
- Teaching assistant, CHEM 430/530: Quantum Chemistry, Rice University (Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
- Teaching assistant, CHEM 124: General Chemistry Lab II, Rice University (Spring 2018)
- Teaching assistant, CHEM 123: General Chemistry Lab I, Rice University (Fall 2017, Fall 2018)
Interests
- Reviewer of scientific articles (2024 – present)
ORCiD
Journals: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Chemical Reviews,
npj Quantum Information, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering,
The Journal of Chemical Physics, Quantum, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
- Personal blog on science, music, math, and computing (2017 – present)
blog
- Contributing writer, Enquiry Magazine,
Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Rice University (2021 – 2022)
magazine
Media
- Workshop on quantum computing featured in PNNL news and reported as a C&EN white paper (2025)
article
paper
- Review article on quantum machine learning featured in NVIDIA blog post (2024)
blog
- Research featured in Enquiry Magazine, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Rice University (2022)
article
Contact
Rishab Dutta
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
rishab(dot)dutta(at)pnnl(dot)gov