Peter Sun
Postdoctoral Researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory
New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Sun is a postdoctoral researcher and interdisciplinary maker with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University and roughly a decade of experience blending nanofabrication, software development, hardware design, and data analysis. He has developed ultra-sensitive nanoscale cantilever fabrication methods and led algorithmic and software advances (including open-source Python packages mmodel and mrfmsim) that dramatically sped MRFM simulation and experiment prototyping. His work spans hands-on lab engineering—3D printing custom microscope hardware and focused ion beam fabrication—to computational innovations that reduced simulation memory and runtime by orders of magnitude. Now at Brookhaven National Laboratory studying EUV photoresists, he brings a rare combination of experimental precision and production-grade coding that shortens research cycles from weeks to days. Colleagues know him as a scientist-programmer-designer who communicates complex techniques through visuals and tools, from Blender animations to Streamlit apps that eliminated large administrative workloads.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, 3.75, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, 3.75 at Franklin & Marshall CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 3.9, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 3.9 at Cornell University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (31)
fenics8
modeling8
python8
graph-visualization8
graph-algorithms8
nonlinear8
nonlinear-dynamics7
graph-analysis7
petsc7
science7
graph-theory7
complex-networks7
dot-language6
package6
pyinstaller6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Marohn-Group/mmodel
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Modular modeling framework for nonlinear scientific models
Contributions:11 releases, 95 commits, 20 PRs in 9 months
nonlinear-dynamicsnonlinearfenicspetscmodular
peterhys/peterhys
Feb 2021 - Jul 2026
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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