School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Discovery Hall 107a, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
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Biography
Dr. Hamann is a Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and AI Chief Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science, and Nonproliferation. Before joining BNL and SBU, Hendrik worked for 26 years at IBM Research, most recently in the role of Chief Science Officer at the TJ Watson Research Center, where he was responsible for the development of AI foundation models for accelerated scientific discovery. He has authored more than 260 scientific papers, holds over 180 patents, and has won several awards including the 2016 AIP Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the NY Academy of Sciences. Hendrik is also a Visiting Professor at Yamagata University and Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a board member and advisor to universities and has served extensively, including as a member of the standing committee for Geographical and Geospatial Sciences at the National Academies of Sciences.
Research
Throughout most of his career, Hendrik’s research interests have been at the intersection of physical and computational sciences. These include artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), physics-based simulations, high-performance computing, and geoinformatics with the overall goal of accelerating scientific discovery, specifically in the application domains of climate, sustainability, and energy.