Yunjie Yang
Assistant Attending Physicist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYunjie Yang is an experimental particle physicist turned medical physicist with 10 years of experience developing enabling technologies for high-impact scientific and clinical problems. Currently an Assistant Attending Physicist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, he bridges precision measurement techniques from particle physics with practical radiotherapy and proton therapy applications. His trajectory includes a Ph.D. from MIT, a CAMPEP certificate from Harvard Medical School, and postdoctoral work at the New York Proton Center, reflecting deep expertise in instrumentation, dosimetry, and translational research. Colleagues value his knack for finding elegant, data-driven solutions—whether probing fundamental particles or improving cancer treatment workflows. Based in New York, he combines rigorous experimental instincts with a patient-centered focus, often translating complex detector and analysis methods into clinical tools. A detail not immediately obvious: his career intentionally moves from discovery science toward direct clinical impact, evidencing a deliberate commitment to applying curiosity-driven methods to improve patient outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Experimental Particle Physics, Ph.D., Experimental Particle Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at University of MichiganCAMPEP-accredited Certificate Program, Medical Physics, CAMPEP-accredited Certificate Program, Medical Physics at Harvard Medical School
Github Skills (26)
detector10
specification9
sequential8
binder8
hyperparameters8
optuna8
optimization7
scientific-visualization6
simulation6
visualization6
geant45
hyperparameter-tuning5
perl5
machine-learning5
aix5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yunjie-yang/yunjie-yang.github.io
Nov 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
yunjie-yang/TuneMC
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:43 pushes, 2 branches in 15 days
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