Vidushi Sharma

Vidushi Sharma (Ph.D.) is a Computational Material Scientist with domain expertise in the fields of energy storage and nanomedicine. Currently, she is a Staff Research Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, where she performs incisive research in the field of Energy Storage, based on next generation themes such as artificial intelligence driven discovery of new battery materials (electrolytes and electrodes), development of new artificial intelligence algorithms for complex materials (foundation models for mixtures, heterostructures and composites), and application of quantum computing in material discovery. Dr. Sharma completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (with focus on computational material science) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. She has authored 30+ research papers, and several of her works are featured in major media outlets.

• Staff Research Scientist, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA (2023-present)
• Postdoc, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA (2021-2022)
• Research Assistant, NJIT, USA (2017-2021)
• Intern, Center for NanoScience and Nanotechnology, India (2014)
• Intern, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India (2013)

Award

• Gold Medalist at M.Tech in Molecular Engineering and Advanced Chemical Analysis
• Outstanding Research Accomplishment Award at IBM
• Received Award for magazine article on ‘Biocompatibility of Nanorobots’ published inGBiofin, India
• Recipient of MHRD Fellowship during Masters

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
• Master in Molecular Engineering and Advanced Chemical Analysis, National Institute of Technology-Kurukshetra, India
• Bachelor in Biotechnology, Banasthali University, India