PhD Student | Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Using AI to accelerate scientific discovery.

I am a PhD student at the University of Cambridge and part of the Infosys-Cambridge AI Centre. My work sits at the intersection of cosmology, data-intensive science, and autonomous AI systems for scientific research. I am interested in how machine learning and multi-agent workflows can help scientists tackle harder problems, build better tools, and discover new results more reliably.

  • AI for science
  • Agentic research systems
  • Cosmological inference

How I got here

I am based at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where I work on problems connecting modern AI methods with astrophysical and cosmological research. I am also associated with the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge and part of the Infosys-Cambridge AI Centre.

My interests include scientific machine learning, the design of agentic systems that support or automate parts of the research process, and the application of AI to a broader range of cosmology research questions. More broadly, I am interested in using AI to accelerate scientific discovery while keeping methods robust, interpretable, and useful to researchers in practice. I am supervised by Boris Bolliet.

I began this line of work in my master's dissertation for the MPhil in Data Intensive Science at Cambridge, where I investigated parameter inference using diffusion models. That work continues to shape how I think about AI for scientific discovery.

Outside research, I enjoy sport, and you are likely to find me rowing on the River Cam.

Current themes

01

Scientific reasoning systems

Building AI systems that help frame questions, organise evidence, and support the reasoning process behind scientific discovery.

02

Autonomous research workflows

Exploring multi-agent workflows that can write code, test pipelines, and run parts of the research loop with useful human oversight.

03

Cosmology from the CMB

Extracting cosmological information from CMB observations, including secondary anisotropies such as the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, to constrain fundamental parameters of the universe.

Selected work

2026

Competing with AI Scientists: Agent-Driven Approach to Astrophysics Research

Thomas Borrett, Licong Xu, Andy Nilipour, Boris Bolliet, Sebastien Pierre, Erwan Allys, Celia Lecat, Biwei Dai, Po-Wen Chang, Wahid Bhimji. arXiv:2604.09621

An agent-driven approach to cosmological parameter inference using Cmbagent, demonstrating how semi-autonomous AI workflows can compete with expert-designed solutions in a real scientific challenge.

Current roles

Primary

Cavendish Laboratory

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Associated institute

Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge

Research links across cosmology, inference, and computational methods.

Research centre

Infosys-Cambridge AI Centre

Working on AI for science, agentic systems, and scientific discovery.

Academic history

2025-Current

PhD

PhD Student, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

2024 to 2025

MPhil in Data Intensive Science

University of Cambridge

2021 to 2024

BA in Natural Sciences

University of Cambridge, with Part II Astrophysics

Profiles and links

Recent updates

April 2026

New arXiv paper: Competing with AI Scientists: Agent-Driven Approach to Astrophysics Research.

December 2025

Part of the KICC team awarded first place in Phase 1 of the NeurIPS 2025 FAIR Universe Weak Lensing Uncertainty Challenge.

Current

Ongoing work within the Infosys-Cambridge AI Centre on using AI to accelerate scientific discovery.

Get in touch

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