Chen, Chun-Chung

Education

• B.S. in Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1992
  Advisor: Prof. Ting-Wai Chiu
• M.S. in Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1996
• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2002
  Thesis: Understand avalanche systems through underlying interface dynamics
  Advisor: Prof. Marcel den Nijs

Employments

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, National Taiwan University, 1991-1992
  with Prof. Ting-Wai Chiu on Dirac propagators in external fields
• Second Lieutenant, R.O.C. Army, 1992-1994
  Maintenance officer of Hercules missile system
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, 1994-2002
  Lab instructor for freshman labs, electronics lab, and modern physics lab
  Grader for freshman physics, statistical mechanics, advanced quantum, and advanced classical mechanics
• Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington, 1997-2002
  with Prof. Marcel den Nijs on interface growth models and self-organized criticality
• Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University, 2003-2006
  with Prof. Elena E. Dormidontova on statistical physics of reversibly associated polymers
• Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh, 2006-present
  with Prof. David Jasnow on theoretical biophysics

Research Fields

• Theoretical Biophysics
  Statistical physics and computational studies of integrate-and-fire neural networks
• Polymer physics
  Theoretical modeling of reversibly associated polymers in the study of ring-chain equilibrium, metallosupramolecular polymers, polymer brushes, targeting polymer nanoparticles, and exchange kinetics of diblock copolymer micelles
• Non-equilibrium statistical physics
  Study of critical phenomena and scaling behaviors in interface growth models, contact processes, epidemic spreading, and granular avalanches
• Computational modeling and analysis
  Monte Carlo simulations in multiscale study of coarse-grained polymer systems; Eigenvalue evaluations in transfer matrix formulation of dynamic systems; Hartree-Fork self-consistent field evaluation for electronic excitations in atom clusters.

Extra Curriculum

• Lecturer, 1988-1991
  Programming, Data Structure, Algorithmics for the Computer Study Club, National Taiwan University
• Editor, 1991
  Space Time, the periodical of the Society of Physics Students, National Taiwan University
• Communication Officer, Web master, 1994-1996
  Chinese Social Betterment Society, University of Washington

Additional Skills

• Programming
  Proficient in software construction using C/C++. Extensive experiences with various programming, scripting, and assembly languages. Knowledgeable in topics of data structure, algorthmics, and software engineering. Highly skillful in testing and debugging of existing program codes.
• System Administration
  Extensive knowledge of network environment with hand-on experience on setup, configuration and administration of network servers. Building and administration of high performance computing clusters for multiuser research applications.
• Electronics
  Experience in design and analysis of both digital and analog circuits using various electronic instruments. Effective troubleshooting of electronics circuits (as a maintaining officer in military as well as an instructor in undergraduate electronics labs).

References

Available upon request