Research Assistant - Soft Matter Physics And Physical Chemistry
Waltham, Ma, Us
* Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nfqhfWoAAAAJ• Made various strategies in experimental design and data collection, based on statistical analysis to large amounts of complex data sets. These strategies led to successful experiments, including the discovery of the first experimental demonstration of Alan Turing’s theory of morphogenesis in diffusively coupled chemical cells, and multiple publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals.• Built and simulated the mathematical models for the reaction-diffusion system using various programming languages. The simulation results not only well resembled experimental data, but also predicted new phenomena that led to important experimental discoveries. • Investigated the nonlinear dynamics, spatio-temporal pattern formation and synchronization of artificial neural networks using nonequilibrium reaction-diffusion networks of micron-scale oscillating chemical cells, with large amounts of data manipulation, statistical analysis and numerical simulations.• Simulated the nonlinear dynamics of reaction-diffusion networks and the structural mechanics of self-oscillating gels using finite element modeling and parallel computing. The numerical results not only well resembled data, but also predicted new phenomena that led to experimental discoveries.• Studied self-oscillating gels driven by oscillating chemical reaction as novel smart materials. Synthesized monodispersed PNIPAm microgel and studied its volume phase transition using dynamic and static light scattering.• Designed and manufactured “on chip mixing” PDMS microfluidic chips to avoid CO2 bubble generation while encapsulating oscillating chemical solutions into single/double microemulsions. Constructed “programmable illumination” optical system for light pattern projection with micron-scale resolution and real-time control.