Aaron Rock Menezes

Hello, I’m Aaron!

I’m a final-year undergraduate pursuing a dual degree in Electronics Engineering and Biological Sciences with a minor in Data Science at BITS Pilani, Goa. I’m currently a visiting research fellow at Brown University’s Serre Lab, where I work on embodied AI, spatial intelligence, and computational neuroscience.

My research spans computer vision, robotics, and computational biology. At Brown, I’m developing embodied AI agents for visual perspective-taking using reinforcement learning in Isaac Lab. I’ve also worked on RNA-protein interaction prediction with Prof. Raviprasad Aduri, developing transformer-based models for residue-level interaction mapping. At APPCAIR with Prof. Ashwin Srinivasan, I’ve worked on using LLMs for molecule generation and retrosynthesis in drug discovery.

I’m an active open-source contributor to DeepChem, a library for scientific machine learning reaching 40,000+ users, where I’ve contributed protein language models and GPU-accelerated infrastructure. I also mentor for Google Summer of Code on antibody sequence generation projects.

I’m currently looking for research opportunities in Computer Science, particularly in areas bridging AI and scientific discovery.

Outside of research, I enjoy gaming (Valorant on weekends), exploring new places, and just building useful stuff. If you’re interested in collaborating, have opportunities, or just want to chat, feel free to reach out!