In this episode, I converse with Bharath Ramsundar, the creator of The DeepChem Project. Bharath received a BA and BS from UC Berkeley in EECS and Mathematics and was valedictorian of his graduating class in mathematics. He went on to finish a PhD in computer science at Stanford University where he studied the application of deep-learning to problems in drug-discovery, and was sponsored by the very prestigious Hertz Fellowship and advised by Prof. Vijay Pande. After his PhD, Bharath co-founded Computable, a startup that built better tools for collaborative dataset management.

At Stanford Bharath created The DeepChem Project that seeks to create high quality, open source tools for drug discovery, materials science, quantum chemistry, and biology. We indulge in a fantastic conversation on his early fascination with quantum computing and artificial intelligence that inspired him to embark on his incredible journey in science; starting grad school as the deep learning revolution took off; how both academia and English monarchy are in need of urgent reforms; prescient insights on global manufacturing, geopolitics, and immigration; the revolutionary aspects of technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and the need to mitigate bias in these systems; and many more things!!