CV

Staff Scientist

T-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Lead research on particle acceleration and transport in space, solar, and astrophysical plasmas using multi-scale kinetic and MHD simulations.

• Develop GPU-accelerated transport solvers that bridge kinetic and global MHD calculations on LANL and DOE supercomputers.
• Coordinate multi-institutional efforts that connect numerical predictions with solar observations and laboratory experiments.

Research Scientist

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College

Coupled PIC, MHD, and transport simulations to interpret particle energization signatures in solar eruptions.

• Linked reconnection-driven acceleration models with X-ray and microwave observations to explain nonthermal emissions.
• Mentored graduate and undergraduate students on reconnection-rate scaling, magnetotail reconnection, and simulation workflows.

Research Associate B

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College

Investigated reconnection-rate reduction in high-beta plasmas and power-law formation in relativistic regimes.

• Integrated transport-solvers with MHD outputs to study solar-flare acceleration and energetic particle propagation.
• Executed large-scale PIC simulations that quantified reconnection dynamics and particle energization.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

T-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Analyzed particle acceleration mechanisms in solar flare reconnection using VPIC simulations and transport models.

• Coupled kinetic results with MHD simulations and observations to evaluate acceleration efficiencies.
• Studied drift motions, pressure anisotropy, and field amplification in reconnection and shock environments.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

CSPAR, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Modeled plasma-tether interactions using kinetic simulations.

Visiting Student

T-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Long-term research visits focused on reconnection energization and supernova remnant shocks.

• Used VPIC to probe drift motions, shear/compression, and pressure anisotropy during reconnection.
• Modeled magnetic-field amplification and cosmic-ray acceleration with coupled MHD and transport simulations.

Graduate Research Assistant

Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, UAH

Ph.D. research on numerical simulations of particle acceleration during solar flares.

• Developed test-particle codes for chaotic magnetic fields and performed VPIC simulations of reconnection-driven acceleration.
• Built Parker transport models to bridge kinetic simulations with solar observations.

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Geophysics, Peking University

Modeled electron transport with Monte Carlo (Geant4) simulations during M.S. studies.

PhD

The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Space Science

Master of Science

Peking University

Space Physics

Bachelor of Science

Tongji University

Surveying and Mapping Engineering

Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award Honorable Mention

Los Alamos National Laboratory

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF)

NASA