I am a research engineer working on computational and surrogate methods in atomistic materials simulation. Since computational materials is a huge field, I will also dabble in nearby technical areas.
My work uses density functional theory and general atomistic surrogate modeling methods to try and find out whatever we may want to find out about atomistic-scale systems with a focus on using smaller resource amounts than is assumed to be necessary.
Education
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering (2017 - 2023)
Boston University
BS, Physics (2014 - 2017)
UMass Amherst
Skills (approximately from most general to most specific)
- Python/Cython - Numerical kernels, scientific computing
- Gradient-based optimization - Unconstrained smooth optimization
- Physics modeling - Moderately complex physical systems short of multiphysics
- Electronic structure theory - GPAW, Vasp, Abinit, Quantum Espresso codes