Webinar

Accelerating sustainable chemical innovation with physics-powered AI and predictive modeling

CalendarDate & Time
  • July 23rd, 2026
  • 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM BST | 6:00 PM CEST
LocationLocation
  • Virtual

The global chemical industry—spanning consumer goods, specialty materials, and industrial chemicals—is navigating a massive transition. Driven by stringent regulatory shifts and a global demand for sustainable, high-transparency ingredient portfolios, companies are under pressure to innovate at unprecedented speeds. However, replacing established synthetic chemicals or ingredients with bio-based or green alternatives often introduces complex challenges regarding stability, performance consistency, and material compatibility.

This webinar explores how a “predict-first” digital chemistry platform can mitigate these risks by shifting the discovery from the laboratory alone to a high-throughput computational environment.

Central to this digital transformation is the synergy between physics-based simulations and machine learning (ML). While traditional ML often struggles with the data sparsity typical of novel chemicals and complex mixtures, physics-based methods generate high-fidelity, molecular-level descriptors that provide the “ground truth” for ingredient interactions. These simulations allow R&D teams to characterize key properties—such as solubility, phase behavior, rheology, and chemical stability—of complex, multi-component systems before a single physical sample is synthesized.

Key Highlights:

  • Solving the Data Gap: Discover how physics-informed AI overcomes the limitations of small datasets, allowing for the design of innovative chemicals where historical experimental data is non-existent
  • Real-World Case Studies: Showcase how modern industries utilize physics-based modeling and ML to accelerate product development and solve complex R&D challenges
  • A Scalable Foundation for Industrial R&D: Learn how to improve R&D velocity and meet evolving global regulatory demands in an increasingly volatile market

Our Speaker

Jeffrey Sanders

Global Portfolio Leader for CPG, Schrödinger

Jeff Sanders received his B.S. in applied physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and then his Ph.D. in biophysics and molecular pharmacology from Thomas Jefferson Medical College. Since joining Schrödinger in 2013, he has served several roles. Jeff is currently the global portfolio leader for the consumer packaged goods applications. Additionally, he is a managing board member of the Food Engineering, Expansion, and Development (FEED) Institute, and also holds a faculty position in the Food Science Department at UMass Amherst

Michael Rauch

Director and Global Portfolio Leader for Chemicals, Schrödinger

Dr. Michael Rauch is a Principal Scientist I at Schrödinger specializing in materials science and education. Michael earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in synthetic organometallic chemistry as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow before pursuing a postdoctoral role in organic chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science as a Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar. Michael is particularly interested in green, sustainable chemistry and transforming the way that synthetic chemists utilize molecular modeling via practical education.