I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University, where I will establish the Physics & Health via AI and Shape Emulation (PHASE) Lab beginning in Fall 2027. My research focuses on scientific machine learning for computational physics and geometry modeling. I received my undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University and my master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where I worked on computational and experimental multi-physics modeling. I earned my Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame under the supervision of Prof. Jian-Xun Wang, and I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Shawn Shadden. My research integrates AI, CFD, and geometric modeling to enable scalable many-query analysis and digital twins for PDE-governed systems, with applications ranging from cardiovascular biomechanics to broader multi-physics problems. Moving forward, my PHASE lab aims to push the boundaries of AI and geometry modeling technologies to advance innovation in physical and biomedical sciences.

Email: panai4health@berkeley.edu 

Phone: 5748009663

Affiliation: 

University of California, Berkeley

2167 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720