People
Researchers contributing to the Center’s work in mathematical physics, scientific computing, and quantitative biology.
Olivier L. Bernard MSc
UFR PhITEM, Université Grenoble Alpes
Formerly: Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Olivier works across mathematical physics and numerical modeling, with interests in non-Hermitian dynamics, post-Newtonian compact-binary systems, fractional differential equations, and structure-aware simulation.
His public software includes a Krylov propagator for non-Hermitian lattices, a 2.5PN waveform model for eccentric spinning binaries, and adaptive spectral methods for fractional reaction-diffusion systems.
Yichen Liu MSc
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Numerical Solver & Simulation Developer Internship, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Shanghai
Yichen works in scientific computing and computational modeling, with public projects spanning topological lattice calculations, spectral PDE solvers, inverse problems, particle dynamics, causal estimation, and neurophysiological decoding.
His repositories emphasize reproducible execution and scientific audit. Several are explicitly labeled synthetic benchmarks designed to test whether a runnable implementation supports the scientific claim attached to it.
G. Blake Pierpoint BSc
Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University
Formerly: University of Maryland Department of Physics
Formerly: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Formerly: Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Blake is a medical student whose work spans mathematical physics, computational neuroscience, biophysical modeling, and numerical simulation.
His current work includes complete-positivity boundary detection for Runge-Kutta discretizations of open quantum systems, neuronal digital-twin validation, dendritic-spine morphology, electrophysiology, and population neuroscience.
