Education

Research Assistant in Condensed Matter Physics

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI-CPFS) | Dresden, Germany | Jul. 2020 – Feb. 2022

Designed automated computational pipelines for batch DFT calculations covering 6,000 crystalline materials
Processed terabyte-scale output data and built a topological semiconductor classification database in HDF5 format
Developed a Python toolkit for DFT output post-processing and visualization, supporting million-scale floating-point data slicing and Brillouin zone rotation

M.S. in Functional Materials

Philipps-Universität Marburg | Marburg, Germany | Apr. 2017 – Jun. 2020

Focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), partial differential equation (PDE) theory, stochastic processes, and Fourier analysis
Completed graduate-level courses in advanced quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and high-performance computing
Gained hands-on proficiency with Eigen3, Boost, OpenMPI, and HDF5 for scientific computing

B.S. in Physics

Tsinghua University | Beijing, China | Sept. 2012 – Jun. 2016

Studied computational physics and nonlinear dynamics; completed advanced courses in theoretical mechanics, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and electrodynamics
Engaged in Linux-based C/C++ development from undergraduate onward; studied numerical analysis and high-performance data structures
Bachelor’s thesis: Variational methods for determining metastable periodic orbits in high-dimensional chaotic systems (5,000+ lines of C++)