Ricky Kim

Ricky Kim is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at Columbia University and a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and the Goldschmidt Fellowship. His research, conducted in active collaboration with AspenTech, develops neuro-symbolic AI for chemical processes. Ricky earned his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech and previously interned as a software engineer at Walmart and Capital One. Fun fact: while serving in the Republic of Korea Army, he also worked part-time as a barista.