Sutanay Choudhury
I'm Chief Scientist for Data Sciences and Deputy Director of the Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Institute at PNNL, where I lead work at the intersection of frontier AI and the physical sciences. My focus is building agentic AI systems for scientific reasoning: multi-agent workflows that combine large language models, physics-informed neural networks, simulation, experimental data, and domain knowledge to accelerate discovery in chemistry, materials, biology, and energy systems.
What distinguishes my work is the span from research to real-world deployment. Over two decades at a US national laboratory, I have led AI and data science efforts across chemistry, biology, climate, cybersecurity, health, materials science, and the power grid — repeatedly entering new scientific domains, building trusted partnerships, and turning ambiguous technical opportunities into funded programs and working systems.
My research has been supported by the U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs, and recognized with a Microsoft Accelerate Foundation Models Research award and an R&D 100 Award.