John Gardner

About

I am a Senior Researcher in the Small Molecules team at Microsoft Research AI for Science in Cambridge.

I am broadly interested in developing models that help scientists design synthetic routes, and predict and understand chemical reactivity. Day-to-day, my research focusses on developing ML models for retrosynthesis and reaction outcome prediction.

Before joining Microsoft Research, I completed a DPhil at the University of Oxford (where I focused on improving Machine-Learned Force Fields) and also hold Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science.