Pragalbh Vashishtha

Ph.D. Student

Hey there! Welcome to my page.

I did my undergrad in metallurgical and Materials Engineering and have an integrated master’s in Data science from IIT Madras. At Berkeley, I am exploring the interplay of quantum mechanics (so cool!) using DFT, playing with machine learning potentials (MLIPs), and using molecular dynamics (stat mech, ftw) to model observable phenomena at the molecular scale. I am currently working on molten salt systems for nuclear materials and model things like self-diffusion coefficients using MLIPs like MACE-MP-0.

Outside the lab, you can catch me learning to dance, skating, and cooking. I really enjoy theatre and hope to start that soon as well!