Accelerating Discovery with Self Driving Labs

Accelerating Discovery with Self Driving Labs

From NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast by U.S. National Science Foundation

April 6, 2026 · 18 min · Episode 153

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Milad Abolhasani discusses the development of automated fluidic labs for chemical and materials discovery.

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported engineers are developing a bold new vision for chemical and materials discovery. Milad Abolhasani, an NSF-supported associate professor, discusses his work developing automated fluidic labs.

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Guest: Milad Abolhasani

Topics covered

  • chemical discovery
  • materials science
  • automated labs
  • engineering
  • NSF support

Keywords

  • self driving labs
  • chemical discovery
  • materials discovery
  • automated fluidic labs
  • NSF

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Organizations: U.S. National Science Foundation

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