Research Interests
Nonlinear Beam Dynamics
- Nonlinear resonance in ring, KAM Theorem, Topology of Phase Space, Dynamic Aperture Optimization
- Modeling of Beam-Beam Interaction, Space Charge Effects and crab crossing scheme in colliders
High Performance Computation for Accelerator Science
- Auto Differentiation in Beam Simulation
- High Performance Computing of Collective Effects
Machine Learning Applications in Accelerator Science
- Machine learning for Beam Dynamics, Koopman operator
- Machine learning based control algorithms for accelerator
Education
2008
Ph.D., Accelerator Physics
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, US
- Advisor — Prof. Shyh-Yuan Lee
- Thesis — "Beam-Beam Interaction Study in ERL Based eRHIC"
2005
Master of Physics
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, US
2003
Bachelor of Science
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Working Experience
2022 – Present
Professor of Physics
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University
2016 – 2022
Associate Professor of Physics
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University
2010 – 2016
Assistant Physicist / Associate Physicist / Physicist
Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2010 – 2016
Adjunct Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
2008 – 2010
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Advisor — Dr. Vladimir Litvinenko
Synergy Activities
2027
Local Organizing Committee Chair, the 18th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'27)
2018 – Present
Member of USPAS Directors' Advisory Council
Ongoing
Reviewer of Physical Review Journals, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, and Nature Physics
Reviewer of US Department of Energy, Office of Science