Ryan Reese
Professional/research positions
NVIDIA Ltd.
Solutions Architect
Imperial College London
MSc in Digital Chemistry with AI and Automation
Supervisors: Prof. Alex Ganose and Prof. Charles Romain.
Thesis: Computational Foundations to Assess Chemical Recyclability.
Thesis: Computational Foundations to Assess Chemical Recyclability.
AI Research Intern, AI and Life Sciences Institute (AILSI) (2025).
University of Hong Kong
BSc in Chemistry; minors in Mathematics and Computer Science
Overseas Research Fellowship Scheme (2023).
Supervisor: Prof. Sophia Yaliraki, Imperial College London.
Thesis: A Streamlined Method to Compute and Visualise Markov Communities in Biomolecules.
Best Presenter, HKU Research Fellowship Poster Presentation, 2023.
Supervisor: Prof. Sophia Yaliraki, Imperial College London.
Thesis: A Streamlined Method to Compute and Visualise Markov Communities in Biomolecules.
Best Presenter, HKU Research Fellowship Poster Presentation, 2023.
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022).
Supervisor: Prof. Jun Yang, University of Hong Kong.
Topic: Electronic structure theory.
Supervisor: Prof. Jun Yang, University of Hong Kong.
Topic: Electronic structure theory.
Summer Research Fellowship Scheme (2021).
Supervisor: Prof. Yufeng Wang, University of Hong Kong.
Thesis: Synthesis of Patchy Particles via Emulsion-Based Extraction.
Best Presenter, HKU Research Fellowship Poster Presentation, 2021.
Supervisor: Prof. Yufeng Wang, University of Hong Kong.
Thesis: Synthesis of Patchy Particles via Emulsion-Based Extraction.
Best Presenter, HKU Research Fellowship Poster Presentation, 2021.
Publications
R. M. R. Reese, A. M. Ganose and C. Romain. “Thermodynamics of Ring-Opening Polymerisation Informatics Collection (TROPIC): a database to enable polymer chemical recycling.” Faraday Discussions 262, 455–477 (2026). <Paper>
Software
NVIDIA ALCHEMI Toolkit and Toolkit-Ops
Batched molecular dynamics and geometry optimisation on GPUs.
TROPIC — Thermodynamics of Ring-Opening Polymerisation Informatics Collection
Curated polymerisation thermodynamics database and REST API.
VMC — Visualise Markov Communities
Python package for multiscale visualisation of protein communities in PyMOL.
Presentations
Proprietary presentations excluded from this list.“From Pattern Recognition to Physics: Building the AI Stack for Materials Discovery”
Invited speaker, Dunia Innovations’ Discovery Day
“LaREST: Lactone Ring-opening Energetics Sorting Tool”
Poster & Invited Speaker, Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry:
the 2nd century Faraday Discussion, RSC
the 2nd century Faraday Discussion, RSC
“A Streamlined Method to Compute and Visualise Markov Communities in Biomolecules”
Poster & Invited Speaker (Best Presenter Awarded),
Research Colloquium of Undergraduate Research, University of Hong Kong
Research Colloquium of Undergraduate Research, University of Hong Kong
“Synthesis of Patchy Particles via Emulsion-Based Extraction”
Poster & Invited Speaker (Best Presenter Awarded),
Research Colloquium of Undergraduate Research, University of Hong Kong
Research Colloquium of Undergraduate Research, University of Hong Kong
Teaching
Tutorials for NVIDIA ALCHEMI
Presented at MLCM-26 (Machine Learning in Chemical and Materials Sciences, Santa Fe, New Mexico) and AI4X-26 (Accelerate Conference, Singapore).
YouTube channel
When I was in high-school, I used to record videos teaching scientific concepts that I found interesting.
Refereeing
NVIDIA Academic Grant Program
Technical reviewer, Simulation & Modeling
Honours / awards
Imperial College Trust Conference Grant, Imperial College London
The CI Stapleton Scholarship, University of Hong Kong
Stanley Chu and Annie Chow Scholarship, University of Hong Kong
Dean’s Honours List, University of Hong Kong
Chairman’s Award for Excellence, English Schools Foundation
Gold Certificate, UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge
Memberships / affiliations
Associate Member (AMRSC), Royal Society of Chemistry
Last modified on 12 October 2026