David Pekker

CSO & cofounder, PsiDagger
Associate Professor, Physics, University of Pittsburgh
Joined
May 2026

Names

David Pekker (Preferred)

Emails

****@pitt.edu (Confirmed)
, 
****@psidagger.ai (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

CSO & cofounder
PsiDagger (psidagger.ai)
2026 – Present
Associate Professor
Physics, University of Pittsburgh (pitt.edu)
2025 – Present
Senior Director of Theory
Creyon Bio (creyonbio.com)
2021 – 2025
Assistant Professor
Physics, University of Pittsburgh (pitt.edu)
2014 – 2025
Postdoc
Physics, California Institute of Technology (caltech.edu)
2010 – 2013
Postdoc
Physics, Harvard University (harvard.edu)
2007 – 2010
PhD student
Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (uiuc.edu)
2002 – 2007
Undergrad student
Rice University (rice.edu)
1998 – 2002

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
Gil Refael
2010 – 2013
Postdoc Advisor
Eugene Demler
2007 – 2010
PhD Advisor
Paul Goldbart
2003 – 2007

Expertise

ML for physics
, 
ML for chemistry
, 
ML for biochemistry
, 
flow matching
, 
diffusion
2024 – Present
condensed matter theory
1998 – Present

Publications

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Co-Authors

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