Luca Nik

About Me

Hello! I'm Luca, a passionate developer, thinker, creator, and alpinist. I enjoy solving complex problems and sharing my experiences through blogs and projects. Explore this space to know more about my journey!

I'm a Physics Engineer and PhD candidate in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry at Scuola Normale Superiore. My journey has taken me from frying molecules with ultrafast lasers to watching CPUs grinding Quantum Mechanical simulations. Now, I'm diving into the world of blockchain technology, eager to build Web3 applications.

Previously, I worked as an MEV Scientist Engineer at Urani.trade, specializing in toxic MEV reduction on Solana through intent-matching and optimal routing algorithms.


Education

PhD in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry | MS & BS in Engineering Physics


Achievements

8 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 international conference presentations, 1 International patent.

Founder of MatTwins, an initiative leveraging surrogate Machine Learning models to reduce the computational complexity of the discovery of novel materials.