Resume

Professional experience

Postdoctoral researcher (2021-)

Quantum Materials Simulation Group, WPI-MANA, NIMS

Tsukuba, Japan

Postdoctoral researcher (2017-2021)

MathAM-OIL, AIST c/o Tohoku University

Sendai, Japan

PhD student (2012-2017)

imec and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Thesis title: Ab initio modeling of novel 2D materials and interfaces for advanced ICT applications

Promotor: Prof. Michel Houssa (Co-promotors: Prof. Marc Heyns and Dr. Geoffrey Pourtois)

Leuven, Belgium

Education

Master in engineering physics (2010-2012)

Université de Liège (Belgium)

Thesis title: Modeling of nano contact pressure on Ge

Promotor: Prof. Benoît Vanderheyden, in collaboration with imec (Dr. Geoffrey Pourtois and Dr. Pierre Eyben)

Liège, Belgium

Bachelor in civil engineering (2007-2010)

Université de Liège (Belgium)

Liège, Belgium

Skills

• Theoretical physics: Solid state physics, quantum transport, semiconductor materials.
• Computational physics: First-principles calculations, electronic structure calculations, molecular dynamics, quantum transport simulations, high-performance computing.
• Materials science: Two-dimensional materials, metallic glasses.
• Machine learning: Convolutional neural networks, k-means clustering, Support Vector Machine (SVM), decision tree, random forest, k-nearest neighbors.
• Programming languages: python, fortran, bash scripting, C/C++.
• Software: Quantum Espresso, Abinit, Synopsys Atomistix Toolkit, LAMMPS, OMEN, reaxFF, XMD, git, Inkscape, scikit-learn, TensorFlow.

Languages

• French (native)
• Vietnamese (native)
• English (fluent)
• Japanese (intermediate, JLPT N3)
• Dutch (elementary)
• German (elementary)

Miscellaneous