# Matthew Carbone

> Forward Deployed Engineer @ Palantir

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/matthewcarbone

I am a forward deployed engineer at Palantir working on the US Government team. I am also a trained condensed matter physicist, hold a PhD in chemical physics from Columbia University and have over 8 years of experience working on problems at the intersection of artificial intelligence and physics.

## Work Experience
### Forward Deployed Software Engineer @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2025 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
Forward deployed software engineer on Palantir's US Government team

### Assistant Computational Scientist @ Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States
Staff Research Scientist
- Published 29 peer-reviewed manuscripts and preprints since 2021
- Secured approximately $18M in research grants since fiscal year 2022
- Served as the Practicum Coordinator for the United States Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

### Research Collaborator @ Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States

### Research Fellow @ Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Upton, New York, United States
Research practicum as part of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

### Graduate Student Researcher @ Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
Reichman Group (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/reichman/)

### Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant @ Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
- Intensive General Chemistry (F 2016 & F 2017) 
- General Chemistry II (S 2017).

### Computational Science Graduate Fellow @ U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
https://www.krellinst.org/csgf/about-doe-csgf/news-events/2017-incoming-class-of-20

### Undergraduate Researcher @ University of Rochester
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | University of Rochester
Huo & Rothberg Groups: Computational & Physical Chemistry research: Combined theoretical (molecular dynamics simulations and semi-empirical electronic structure calculations) and experimental (single molecule confocal microscopy) methods to investigate the details of exciton transfer and emission dynamics of organic polymers (including PEPV).

### Peer Advisor for Departments of Chemistry and Physics @ University of Rochester
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Rochester, New York
Helped students navigate problems pertaining to their majors, career paths and personal lives.

### Teaching Assistant @ University of Rochester
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Rochester, NY
Chemistry
- CHM 455 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, head TA (S2016)
- CHM 433 Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry, head TA (F2014)
- CHM 252 Physical Chemistry II (S2015, S2016)
- CHM 231 Chemical Instrumentation (F2015) 
- CHM 208 Organic Chemistry II Lab, head TA (Summer 2014, Summer 2015)
- CHM 203 Organic Chemistry I (F2013), co-head TA (Summer 2014, F2014, F2015)
- CHM 204 Organic Chemistry II (S2014), co-head TA (S2015, S2016), head TA (Summer 2015)

Physics
- PHY 113 Intro Mechanics (F2014)

Mathematics
- MTH 161 Calculus I (F2013)
- MTH 162 Calculus II (S2014)

### Undergraduate Researcher @ University of Rochester
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | University of Rochester
Fasan Group: With the intent of determining cheaper alternatives to current metal catalysts, it was shown that cytochrome P450 BM3 can perform cyclization reactions (formation of sultams from sulfonyl azides) in the presence of artificial cofactor mimics (modified NADH), which supply electrons to the catalytic cycle.

### Tutor and Workshop Leader @ David T. Kearns Center
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | University of Rochester
Tutored students in mathematics, specifically Calculus I, II, multivariable, introductory Newtonian mechanics and quantum mechanics. Supervisor: Danielle Daniels.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Chemical Physics
Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

### Master of Arts - MA in Chemical Physics
Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Chemistry
University of Rochester

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Physics
University of Rochester

### High School Diploma
Watchung Hills Regional High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carbonematthew
- Website: https://matthewcarbone.dev/
- Website: https://www.bnl.gov/staff/mcarbone
- Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DAyj0b8AAAAJ&hl=en

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Last updated: 2026-04-05