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,
Government of 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)
Initiatives
- DOE Quantum Science Center (QSC), PNNL (2026 – present)
- Quantum Algorithms and Architecture for Domain Science (QuAADS), PNNL (2025 – present)
- NSF Center for Quantum Dynamics on Modular Quantum Devices (CQDMQD), Yale University (2023 – 2024)
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, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
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