Academic Profile

Research Interests

• Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs): Glass-forming ability and mechanical response of bulk metallic glasses during applied deformation

• Granular Materials: Phase and jamming transitions in granular materials composed of spherical and non-spherical grains

• Modeling Structures from Shapes: Dense crystal structures and self-assembly of anisotropic colloids

Research Experience

2020 - present  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University

2018 - 2020   Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

Education Background

• 07/2018  Ph.D., Peking University.

                     Major: Engineering Mechanics.

                     Thesis: Research on the packings of ellipsoids, tetrahedra, and their variants.

                     Thesis advisor: Shuixiang Li.

• 2016 - 2017  Visiting Student, Yale University

                      Advisor: Corey S. O'Hern

• 07/2012  B.S., Peking University.

                     Major: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

                     Thesis: Experimental study on the packings of non-spherical particles

                     Thesis advisor: Shuixiang Li.

Awards

2016  Merit Student Award

2016  Founder Award

2014  Master's Special Academic Award

2013  Suzhou Industrial Park Award

Teaching Activities

03/2013 - 07/2015  Teaching Assistant for "Numerical Analysis" (Undergrad. Level, Spring Semester), Peking University

09/2013 - 01/2014  Teaching Assistant for "Engineering CAD" (Undergrad. Level), Peking University