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Industry Resume

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Skills

Simulation & Modeling: First-principles calculations and molecular dynamics using Quantum ESPRESSO, VASP, EPW, and LAMMPS — spanning electronic structure, atomistic, and condensed matter systems.
Programming & Data: Python for scientific computing, numerical analysis, data processing and visualization, with workflow automation across Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.
Machine Learning & HPC: Machine learning model training, with end-to-end HPC workflows including job execution, troubleshooting, and post-processing pipelines.

Selected Projects

HPC Automation Built workflows for job execution on supercomputers, data extraction, and analysis across simulation environments.
ML for Materials Design Applied machine learning methods to large-scale simulations and materials-property prediction, and applied existing ML models to specific applications.
Amorphous Topological Materials Investigated non-trivial topology in amorphous Bi₂Se₃ using first-principles calculations.
Superconductor Materials Studying superconducting properties of metal-nitride-based materials for qubit fabrication.

Academic CV

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Education

2023

Ph.D., Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2016

M.Sc., Physics

Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan

2014

B.Sc., Physics — First Class Honors

Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan

Positions

Apr. 2024 – Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

Mar. 2023 – Apr. 2024

Head Tutor, Teaching Assistant, and Project Assistant

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Cape Town, South Africa

2019 – 2022

Part-Time Lecturer and Lab Demonstrator

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2017 – 2019

Lecturer and Physics Instructor

Omdurman Islamic University & Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan

Awards & Honors

  • 2024 – Present Early Career Member, American Physical Society (APS), USA
  • 2023 – Present Certified Physicist (CPhys), South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), South Africa
  • 2024 Exceptional Leadership Award, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
  • 2022 ASESMA-NET Fellowship for Psi-k Conference participation, ICTP, Switzerland