Steven Maley

Assistant Professor | Computational & Theoretical Chemistry

Greater Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Metropolitan Area

About

I am a theoretical and computational chemist with a background in organic and organometallic chemistry, data science, and machine learning. My current research interests include structure based design, applied machine learning, and electronic structure theory. see: https://maleylab.github.io/maleygroup-site/ for more info.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • Computational Chemist at Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
    Sep 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Provided theoretical support of experimental studies using computational chemistry • Modeled hypothetical reaction mechanisms • Developed machine learning models for property prediction (PyTorch, Sci-Kit learn) • Aggregation and analysis of large data sets (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy) • Automated workflows (Python, RDKit, OpenBabel, bash)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Ottawa
    Jan 2021 - Jul 2021 · 7 mos

    Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis (gas separation) Machine Learning

  • Postdoctoral Scholar at Brigham Young University
    Jan 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Computational Homogeneous Catalyst Design (Ethylene/1-LAO co-polymerization) Direct Dynamics Simulations (Non-statistical organic reactions) Machine Learning

  • Contract Lecturer at Lakehead University
    Jan 2018 - Apr 2018 · 4 mos

    Physical Chemistry II (Statistical thermodynamics and kinetics)