Appointments

Assistant ProfessorSchool of Computational Science and Engineering, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
2024–present
Guest ScientistApplied Math and Plasma Physics Group (T-5), Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2024–present
Staff ScientistApplied Math and Plasma Physics Group (T-5), Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2021–2024
Postdoctoral Research AssociateApplied Math and Plasma Physics Group (T-5), Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratoryMentors: Xianzhu Tang and Luis Chacon
2018–2021
Eliza Ricketts Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMentor: Jeffrey W. Banks
2015–2018

Long-Term Visits

Early Career Visiting ScholarDigital Futures and Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
May–July 2026

Education

Ph.D. in Applied MathematicsMichigan State UniversityAdvisor: Andrew J. Christlieb
2010–2015
B.S. in Mathematics & Applied MathematicsZhejiang University
2006–2010

Selected Grants

At Georgia Institute of Technology

Structure-Preserving Data Reduction and Processing for Particle RepresentationsDepartment of Energy Office of Science, Early Career Research Program (ECRP) · PI
FY26–FY30
Center for High Order Plasma Turbulence Modeling for Z-Pinch (HighZ)NNSA Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program · Institutional PI
FY26–FY30
Center for Information Geometric Mechanics and Optimization (CIGMO)NNSA Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program · Co-PI
FY26–FY30
Digital Futures 2026 Summer Early Career programmeKTH Royal Institute of Technology · PI
FY26
An open-source Newton-based free-boundary Grad-Shafranov solverGeorgia Tech Open Source Program Office · PI
FY25
Fundamental understandings of multi-color/multi-modal radiography and methods for data assimilation and design optimizationDepartment of Energy, Inter-lab LDRD · Institutional PI
FY25
Center for Hierarchical and Robust Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Transport (CHaRMNET)Department of Energy, Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program · Co-I at LANL and Institutional PI at GT
FY23–FY27

At Los Alamos National Laboratory

A stable partitioned multiscale solver for ocean surface and floating structure interactionLos Alamos National Laboratory LDRD · PI (The PI role has been transferred to Dan Serino.)
FY25–FY27
Towards the understanding of polarization mystery of astrophysical X-ray sources with MHD-PIC simulations powered by machine learningLos Alamos National Laboratory LDRD · Co-I
FY24–FY27
DeepFusion accelerator for fusion energy sciences in disruption mitigationDepartment of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences Program · Co-I
FY24–FY26
Accurate discretizations and compatible linear solvers for extreme anisotropies in fusionLos Alamos National Laboratory LDRD · Co-I
FY24–FY26
Inertial neural surrogates for stable dynamical predictionDepartment of Energy, Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program · Lead PI
FY22–FY25
Preventing beam degradation in the LANSCE linear acceleratorLos Alamos National Laboratory LDRD · Co-I
FY23
Data compression techniques for particle-based simulationsLos Alamos National Laboratory LDRD · PI
FY22
Advancing the mission: sparse view dynamic tomographic reconstruction for 3D code validationLos Alamos National Laboratory LDRD · Senior Personnel
FY22–FY24
DeepFusion accelerator for fusion energy sciences in disruption mitigationDepartment of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences SciDAC Program · Senior Personnel
FY22–FY23
Theory and modeling of magnetic fusion plasmaDepartment of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences Program · Senior Personnel
FY20–FY24
Tokamak Disruption SimulationDepartment of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences SciDAC Program · Senior Personnel
FY19–FY23

Proposal Review

  • DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program
  • DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Program
  • DOE SBIR/STTR Programs
  • LANL Institutional Computing

Journal and Conference Review

  • Applied Mathematics and Computation
  • Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
  • The Bridge (National Academy of Engineering)
  • Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
  • Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Communications in Computational Physics
  • Communications in Mathematical Research
  • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Computers & Fluids
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis
  • IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Journal of Computational Mathematics
  • Journal of Computational Mathematics and Data Science
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
  • Journal of Scientific Computing
  • Machine Learning: Science and Technology
  • MathSciNet
  • Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics
  • NeurIPS
  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Physica Scripta
  • Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
  • Physical Review E
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • PLOS One
  • Results in Applied Mathematics
  • SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
  • SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • SPE Journal

and others.

Workshop Organization

6th MFEM Community WorkshopLead organizer · Atlanta GA
September 2026
5th MFEM Community WorkshopMember of the organizing committee · Portland OR
September 2025
LANL Workshop: Algorithms for Multiphysics Models in the Post-Moore’s Law EraMember of the organizing committee · Los Alamos NM
June 2025
LANL Workshop: Scale Bridging in Numerical SimulationsMember of the organizing committee · Los Alamos NM
April 2024