Lixue Cheng
PHD Candidate In Theoretical Chemistry
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolLixue Cheng is a PhD candidate in theoretical chemistry at Caltech with eight years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of chemistry, applied mathematics, bioengineering, and computer science. She combines experimental biophysical chemistry—studying Hofmeister effects and solute–biopolymer interactions—with computational methods including randomized SVD and MATLAB-based modeling to predict molecular interactions. Experienced in both bench work and algorithm development, she builds tools that bridge computational and experimental scientists, with a particular focus on AI-for-Science applications. A strong academic record across UW–Madison and Hong Kong Polytechnic, she has a rare blend of deep quantitative training and hands-on lab expertise that enables novel theoretical interpretations grounded in extensive experimental datasets.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, 3.75/4.0, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, 3.75/4.0 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Major:Biochemistry,Chemistry,Mathematics,Molecular Biology; Certificate:Computer Science, Physics, 3.9/4.0, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Major:Biochemistry,Chemistry,Mathematics,Molecular Biology; Certificate:Computer Science, Physics, 3.9/4.0 at Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
English, Chinese
Github Skills (32)
markdown10
pdf10
latex10
gitpod10
github-pages10
jekyll10
translate10
translation9
paper9
python8
math7
chemistry6
materials-informatics6
quantum-computing5
ab-initio4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sherrylixuecheng/sherrylixuecheng.github.io
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:141 pushes in 3 years 6 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
sherrylixuecheng/ODBO
Oct 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
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