“I often say I’m paid for my ability to tolerate feeling stupid.” – Persi Diaconis, Nature interview, 2011
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Cooper Group at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, University of Liverpool. My research integrates discrete, computational and differential geometry domains to tackle challenges in materials science and statistical learning. Holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool, with a background in mathematical sciences, I focus on the development of geometric methodologies for Crystal Structure Prediction workflows. My research aims to uncover principles underlying molecular assembly processes and apply these insights to the targeted design of materials. By employing advanced computational techniques, I aim to bridge molecular mechanics and practical applications in material design through purely geometric modeling.
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Current projects
Crystallization via Electrostatic Interactions in Molecular Framework Geometries with Andrew I Cooper (University of Liverpool) and Xenofon Evangelopoulos (University of Liverpool) and Vitaliy Kurlin (University of Liverpool)
Integral Formulae for Solutions of PDEs with Constant Coefficients and Their Integrability with Roland Púček (University of Jena)
Geometry-Informed Programming: From Statistical Manifolds to Close-Packings of Hard van der Waals Sphere Models with Andrew I Cooper (University of Liverpool), Xenofon Evangelopoulos (University of Liverpool), Chengxi Zhao (University of Liverpool) and Vitaliy Kurlin (University of Liverpool)
Exploring the Duality between Geometric Networks and Stochastic Learning Machines through the Lens of the Crystallisation Conjecture with Roland Púček (University of Jena)
Seriation fusion from multiple local and complete orderings with Xenofon Evangelopoulos (Univeristy of Liverpool) and Tingting Mu (University of Manchester)
Geometric Packing Frameworks: Orbifold Circle Packings and Fibrifold Sphere Packings