Research trains you to ask hard questions and follow them wherever they lead. That same instinct led to Krida — a conviction that the depth and rigor of academic work could be channeled into building technology products from scratch, and a quiet confidence that the skills would follow. Four years later, with four apps shipped across iOS, Android, and Apple Vision Pro, and more in development, that conviction has held.
Recognition
2026 OEDIT Translational Quantum Research Seed Grant
Krida LLC has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 OEDIT Translational Quantum Research Seed Grant, administered by the CUbit Quantum Initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder on behalf of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Backed by nearly $1.5 million approved by the Colorado Economic Development Commission, the program provides non-dilutive funding to academic and industry-led teams demonstrating strong commercial potential.
Operating at the intersection of Quantum and AI, the project is being developed in collaboration with academic partners at Colorado School of Mines — advancing work that bridges cutting-edge research and real-world commercialization.
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Research spans computational materials science, battery chemistry, surface physics, and electronic-structure theory — with collaborators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Penn State, and University of Michigan.
Selected Publications
01
ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Lithiated Sulfur Cathode Materials
MM Islam, A Ostadhossein, O Borodin, AT Yeates, WW Tipton, RG Hennig, N Kumar et al.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(5), 3383–3393 · 2015
208cited by
02
Development of a ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for Titanium Dioxide/Water Systems
SY Kim, N Kumar, P Persson, J Sofo, ACT Van Duin, JD Kubicki
Langmuir, 29(25), 7838–7846 · 2013
151cited by
03
Crystal Surface and State of Charge Dependencies of Electrolyte Decomposition on LiMn₂O₄ Cathode
N Kumar, K Leung, DJ Siegel
Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(8) · 2014 · Invited
98cited by
04
Water Adsorption and Insertion in MOF-5
Y Ming, N Kumar, DJ Siegel
ACS Omega, 2(8), 4921–4928 · 2017
98cited by
05
Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Charge Transport in Li-S Batteries
H Park, N Kumar, M Melander, T Vegge, JM Garcia Lastra, DJ Siegel
Chemistry of Materials, 30(3), 915–928 · 2018
44cited by
06
Interface-Induced Renormalization of Electrolyte Energy Levels in Magnesium Batteries
N Kumar, DJ Siegel
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(5), 874–881 · 2016
64cited by
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Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).
Reviewer: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
Career
Research & Industry Experience
Founder & Lead Developer
Krida LLC
Golden, Colorado
2022 — Present
Research Assistant Professor of Physics
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado · Collaborated with NREL
2018 — 2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Michigan & Sandia National Laboratories
Ann Arbor, MI · Albuquerque, NM
2013 — 2017
Graduate Researcher & Postdoctoral Scholar
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
2006 — 2012
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Minor: Computational Science
2012
Master of Science in Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Department Rank 1 · Institute Silver Medal
2006
Bachelor of Science in Physics
St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, New Delhi