Murali Gopal Muraleedharan

Murali Gopal Muraleedharan, PhD, is a Principal Materials Scientist at Sentient Science, where leadership in computational materials R&D is demonstrated, particularly in scientific software development and AI/ML transformation across multiple domains, including additive manufacturing and novel materials discovery. Previous experience includes a postdoctoral role at Oak Ridge National Laboratory focusing on computational materials science and high throughput density functional theory, as well as another postdoctoral position at Penn State University involving computational materials method development. Educational qualifications include a PhD and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Calicut. Notable early research contributions span work as an undergraduate research assistant and intern, where studies included nanofluidics and finite element analysis.