Yi Zhang is a Ph.D. physicist and computational experimentalist based in Boston with eight years' experience modeling molecular interactions across soft matter, thin films, and solid oxide fuel cells. Their work blends lab-based soft matter experiments with numerical models to reveal structure-property relationships and high-pressure behavior of large molecules, with a practical eye toward everyday relevance. Yi also applies full‑stack development skills—demonstrated by building a React-based internship application site with data import/export, column resizing, and analytics—to make scientific tools and resources more accessible. Passionate about inclusive, engaging science communication, they focus on connecting fundamental particle- and molecular-scale insights to real-world problems.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Boston University
A collection of internship applications in a fancy excel-like website
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:80 commits, 23 PRs, 75 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Yi primarily worked on developing the front-end and build process of an internship application website. The user added a webpage, CSS styling, and React components for the matrix view, implementing features to export and import data, and enabling column resizing. They integrated Google Analytics for website traffic tracking and streamlined the update process by automating data conversions.
Contributions:8 PRs, 108 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 5 months
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