Riddhish Pandharkar

Riddhish Pandharkar has a diverse work experience in the scientific field. Riddhish began their career at Freie Universität Berlin as a Visiting Researcher from August 2016 to May 2017. Riddhish then moved on to the University of Minnesota, where they worked as a Graduate Student from August 2017 to August 2020. Following that, they joined the University of Chicago as a Graduate Student from September 2020 to June 2022. Riddhish then had a role as a Visiting Graduate Student at Argonne National Laboratory from May 2021 to June 2022. Currently, they are working at OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences. Riddhish started as a Scientific Developer in July 2022 and was promoted to Scientific Developer I in September 2022.

Riddhish Pandharkar obtained their Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in the years 2012 to 2017. During the same period, they also completed their Master of Science (M.Sc.) (Hons.) in Chemistry from the same institute. Following this, Riddhish pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Minnesota from 2017 to 2020. Subsequently, they continued their PhD in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Chicago from 2020 to 2022.