Educational background:
May 1998 - May 2001: University of Malaya, Malaysia; BSc in Physics (with Honors;
project title: "General Relativity in Standard Cosmology")
Nov 2001 - Dec 2003: University of Malaya, Malaysia; MSc in Theoretical
Physics
(thesis title: "Singularities
of spatially homogeneous Bianchi V models" (Word
file))
Aug 2004 - Sep 2009: Washington University in St Louis; PhD in Physics (thesis
title: "Properties of Neutron Star Critical Collapses" (PDF file))
Professional experience:
Summer 2006: Physics Summer School Teaching Assistant in Physics Department, Washington University in St Louis
Summer 2007: Summer Research Intern in the Complex Systems Group, Theoretical Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory (mentors:
Cynthia Reichhardt, Zohar Nussinov, Charles Reichhardt)
Summer 2008: Physics Summer School Teaching Assistant in Physics Department, Washington University in St Louis
Nov 2009 - Oct 2010: Postdoctoral Researcher under the Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowships for
Young International Scientists, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Current research interests:
a) threshold geometrical structure and dynamics of neutron star critical gravitational collapse,
b) applications of geometric analysis and mathematical relativity in numerical relativity,
c) code convergence, stability and consistency studies, coordinate conditions, boundary conditions,
visualization.
Publications:
Dynamical Analysis of the Structure of Neutron Star Critical Collapses
M.-B. Wan, K.-J. Jin, W.-M. Suen
(to be submitted to Physical Review)
How Much Angular Momentum Is Needed to Support Against a Prompt Collapse in Neutron Star Mergers?
H.-M. Zhang, K.-S. Cheng, W.-M. Suen, J.Tao, M.-B. Wan, R. Wolfmeyer
(submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.)
Oscillations and Collapses of Proto-Neutron Stars
J.-L. Lu, M.-B. Wan
Chinese Phys. Lett. 26, 010402 (2009)
Rectification of Swimming Bacteria and Self Driven Particle Systems by
Arrays of Asymmetric Barriers
M.-B. Wan, C. J. Olson Reichhardt, Z. Nussinov, C. Reichhardt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 018102 (2008).
Talks:
Validity and Capability of GRAstro_AMR, 16th Midwest
Relativity Meeting, November 2006
Dynamical Analysis of the Structure of Critical Collapses of Neutron Star Systems, 17th Midwest Relativity Meeting, November 2007
What Does Neutron Star Critical Collapse Look Like?, Graduate Student Seminar, Physics Department, Washington University in St
Louis, February 2008
Critical Gravitational Collapses of Neutron Star-Like Systems, American Physical Society April Meeting, May 2009
Properties of Neutron Star Critical Collapses, Graduate Student Seminar, Physics Department, Washington University in St
Louis, October 2009.
Poster presentations:
Dynamical Analysis of the Structure of Neutron Star Critical Collapses, 2nd Course of the International School on Astrophysical
Relativity, Erice, Italy, June 27th - July 5th 2008.
Memberships:
a) American Physical Society
b) Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation.
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