@caramalizedTomato I wouldn't be too surprised. I think most on the site came from a physical sciences background and slowly picked up coding, but there are probably some who came from the opposite direction.
I had a CS minor in undergrad, but I wouldn't necessarily call that a CS background.
@Tyberius Precisely what I wanted to ask, is this possible, I mean I am a first year CS undergrad, not that I don't like CS but I'm so much fascinated by Material science, so wanted to know how can I move into this field
@user1271772 Are they like on the computational side or experimental side? by the experimental ones I mean the ones who actually work in the labs
@caramalizedTomato I think it would certainly be possible to go from a CS background to Matter Modeling, especially with how early you are in your undergraduate studies. If you have a sense of the sort of science you want to do (e.g. biology, chemistry, materials, etc.) it would be good to have some courses under your belt in those area; at least the introductory level (general chemistry, intro physics), if not a few upper division courses (thermodynamics, quantum mechanics).
My university even has an Interdisciplinary Computing major that combines mainly CS courses with a concentration in some science. That would be a good route if it is offered at your school.
Actually here in my country we study some science in the first two semesters, it does provide us with some breadth in natural science but that is it, after that I'll be doing CS for 3 years, without any minors or so
Having a CS background would be especially helpful for scientific software development, which occurs both in industry and academia. People with a physical science background have a good sense of the data they are modeling and the equations they use for it, but may not have as great an understanding of how to structure the code to do so.
