CV

Education

B.S. in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), Aug. 2024 – Present
- Major: Physics (Course 8), Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making (Course 6-4)
B.S. in Peking University (Beijing, China), Sep. 2023 – July. 2024
- Major: Physics
- Transfer to MIT after one year of study

International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) Gold Medalist, July. 2023
- Represented China at the 53rd International Physics Olympiad (one of 5 team members)
- Ranked 1st place in the world and awarded a Gold Medal
Chinese Physics Olympiad (CPhO) Gold Medalist, Dec. 2021 & Oct. 2022
- Awarded the Gold Medal in the finals of the 39th Chinese Physics Olympiad and selected for the national team.
- Awarded the Gold Medal in the finals of the 38th Chinese Physics Olympiad.

Spring 2025: Research Assistant
- Quantum Measurement Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Extensively apply various machine learning force field (MLFF) models, especially MACE, to predict relevant physical properties of materials ( \(\Gamma\)-phonon, heat conductivity, etc.) while preserving accuracy
- Train a foundational model for non-destructive defect identification from vibrational spectra, specifically phonon density-of-states (PDoS)
- Supervisor: Professor Mingda Li

A Foundation Model for Non-Destructive Defect Identification from Vibrational Spectra
Mouyang Cheng^†,*, Chu-Liang Fu^†, Bowen Yu ^†, Eunbi Rha, Abhijatmedhi Chotrattanapituk, Douglas L Abernathy, Yongqiang Cheng, and Mingda Li^*
^†These authors contributed equally. ^*Corresponding author.
- Paper available at: arXiv:2506.00725

Languages: English (fluent), Chinese (native), Spanish (basic)
Programming Languages: C, Python, LaTeX, Bluespec, shell script, Mathematica
Libraries: PyTorch, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, ase, pymatgen, matformer
Technologies: Ubuntu, Git, GitHub, VSCode, Jupyter Notebook

Long-distance running
- Half marathon, Personal Best (PB): 1:48:56 (2023 Wuhan Marathon)
Table tennis
Movies