diff --git a/spex/radial/simple/__init__.py b/spex/radial/simple/__init__.py
index 8f17ccf..094fd34 100644
--- a/spex/radial/simple/__init__.py
+++ b/spex/radial/simple/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .bernstein import Bernstein
+from .gaussian import Gaussian
 from .simple import Simple
 
-__all__ = [Bernstein, Simple]
+__all__ = [Gaussian, Bernstein, Simple]
diff --git a/spex/radial/simple/gaussian.py b/spex/radial/simple/gaussian.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8c07c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spex/radial/simple/gaussian.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+
+import scipy
+
+from .simple import Simple
+
+
+class Gaussian(Simple):
+    """
+    Gaussian radial basis functions.
+    
+    The Gaussian basis functions are defined as ``exp(-gamma * (r - k * l / (K - 1)) ** 2)``,
+    where ``gamma = sqrt(2 * K) * (K - 1)``, l is the cutoff distance and ``k`` is the degree 
+    of the basis.
+        
+    The basis is optionally be transformed with a learned linear layer (``trainable=True``),
+    optionally with a separate transformation per degree (``per_degree=True``).
+    The target number of features is specified by ``num_features``.
+
+    Attributes:
+        cutoff (Tensor): Cutoff distance.
+        max_angular (int): Maximum spherical harmonic order.
+        n_per_l (list): Number of features per degree.
+
+    """
+
+    # implementation heavily inspired by e3x. thanks!
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initialise the Gaussian basis.
+
+        Args:
+            cutoff (float): Cutoff distance.
+            num_radial (int): Number of radial basis functions.
+            max_angular (int): Maximum spherical harmonic order.
+            trainable (bool, optional): Whether a learned linear transformation is
+                applied.
+            per_degree (bool, optional): Whether to have a separate learned transform
+                per degree.
+            num_features (int, optional): Target number of features for learned
+                transformation. Defaults to ``num_radial``.
+
+        """
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        
+        K = torch.tensor(self.num_radial)     
+        gamma = torch.sqrt(2 * K) * (K - 1)
+        
+        self.register_buffer("K", K)
+        self.register_buffer("gamma", gamma)
+
+    def expand(self, r):
+        """Compute the Bernstein polynomial basis.
+
+        Args:
+            r (Tensor): Input distances of shape ``[pair]``.
+
+        Returns:
+            Expansion of shape ``[pair, num_radial]``.
+        """
+
+        r = r.unsqueeze(-1)
+        gamma = self.gamma
+        K = self.K
+        k = torch.arange(K, dtype=torch.float32)
+        y = torch.exp(-gamma/self.cutoff * (r - (k * self.cutoff) / (K - 1)) ** 2)
+        
+        return y
+        
+        
diff --git a/tests/test_gaussian.py b/tests/test_gaussian.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27be98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gaussian.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+
+class TestGaussian(TestCase):
+    """Basic test suite for the Gaussian class."""
+    
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.num_radial = 128
+        self.cutoff = 5.0
+        self.max_angular = 3
+        self.num_features = None
+        self.trainable = False
+        self.per_degree = False
+
+        self.r = np.random.random(25)
+
+    def test_jit(self):
+        """Test if Gaussian class works with TorchScript."""
+        from spex.radial.simple import Gaussian
+        
+        radial = Gaussian(
+            cutoff=self.cutoff,
+            num_radial=self.num_radial,
+            max_angular=self.max_angular,
+            num_features=self.num_features,
+            trainable=self.trainable,
+            per_degree=self.per_degree,
+        )
+        radial = torch.jit.script(radial)
+        radial(torch.tensor(self.r, dtype=torch.float32))
+
+    def test_hardcoded(self):
+        """Test Gaussian class with hardcoded parameters."""
+        from spex.radial.simple import Gaussian
+        
+        radial = Gaussian(
+            cutoff=self.cutoff,
+            num_radial=self.num_radial,
+            max_angular=self.max_angular,
+            num_features=self.num_features,
+        )
+        
+        assert radial.cutoff == self.cutoff
+        assert radial.num_radial == self.num_radial
+        assert radial.max_angular == self.max_angular
+        
+        # Validate function output against reference implementation
+        torch_r = torch.tensor(self.r, dtype=torch.float32)
+        torch_output = radial.expand(torch_r).detach().numpy()
+        
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(torch_output.shape, (self.r.shape[0], self.num_radial))
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