Experimental & Computational Materials Scientist

Quantum Materials · Synthesis & Crystal Growth · Characterization & Metrology · Scientific Computing

I study how structure, disorder, magnetism, interfaces, and defects control the behavior of quantum and functional materials — working across the full chain from crystal growth and solid-state synthesis, through neutron/synchrotron scattering and STM/MBE surface science, to DFT and phonon modeling, Reverse Monte Carlo analysis, and Python-based scientific workflows.

🎯 Target Roles: Materials Scientist · R&D Engineer · Metrology Scientist · Data Scientist · Applied Scientist

Postdoc @ ORNL (Spallation Neutron Source) Ph.D. Physics @ Brown First-author: Nature Communications · JACS Open-source scientific software

⚗️ From synthesis to software

I work across the full materials pipeline — the same person who grows the crystal can model it, measure it, and ship the analysis tools.

Synthesis & Growth

Single-crystal growth (flux/CVT), polycrystalline synthesis, multi-zone furnaces, inert-atmosphere glovebox, high-pressure sample prep, MBE thin films with in-situ RHEED.

Characterization

Neutron & synchrotron diffraction, total scattering/PDF, diffuse & inelastic scattering, STM/SP-STM, AFM, low-temperature & high-pressure environments.

Modeling

DFT (Quantum ESPRESSO, VASP), Phonopy phonon calculations, Reverse Monte Carlo, Rietveld & magnetic refinement, symmetry analysis.

Scientific Software

Python/HPC analysis pipelines, reproducible workflows, and browser-based tools (Pyodide, WebGPU, React) — see the live apps below.

🔬 Live scientific web apps

Zero install — each app runs its full analysis pipeline in your browser. Your data never leaves your device.

nebula3d

Cleans 3D reciprocal-space neutron diffuse-scattering volumes and computes 3D-ΔPDF maps — the complete Python pipeline runs client-side via Pyodide at full float64 resolution.

Pyodide 3D-ΔPDF Diffuse Scattering

Launch ▶ GitHub

rmc-toolkits

Dashboard for RMCProfile/STOG refinements — live run monitoring, interactive charts, space-group detection, a 3D structure view, and a WebGPU-accelerated KDE up to ~100× faster.

WebGPU RMCProfile React

Launch ▶ GitHub

rmc-phonon-dynamics

Phonon band structures, DOS, animated 3D modes, and simulated INS spectra extracted directly from RMC ensembles — computed on your GPU via WebGPU compute shaders.

WebGPU Phonons INS

Launch ▶ GitHub

📌 Recent highlights

• [Publication] First-author Nature Communications (2026) study on Mn₃Ga, revealing an intrinsic topological phase transition at room temperature driven by a magnetostructural transformation.
• [Software] Neutron diffuse scattering tools for 3D-ΔPDF analysis released: Developed a Python-based workflow for 3D-ΔPDF reconstruction and visualization, supporting analysis of local disorder and short-range correlations in complex materials.
• [Publication] First-author JACS (2024) study on kagome (Fe,Co)Sn, revealing coupling between short-range local disorder and a long-range antiferromagnetic transition.
• [Software] Released rmcph: a data-processing pipeline and GUI for calculating phonon spectra from total scattering measurements and RMC model ensembles, with integrated tools for phonon processing and visualization.

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