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Huey-Wen Lin joined the Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2016 as a high-energy particle theorist. Concurrently, he is associated with the MSU Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering. His research focuses on utilizing high-performance supercomputers to calculate the structural interactions of the building blocks of matter, specifically protons and neutrons. He received a 5-year NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award starting in August 2017 for his research on 'Constraining Parton Distribution Functions in New-Physics Searches'. He served as the organizing chair for the 36th Annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory. His professional interests include Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), which is fundamental in describing the forces between quarks and gluons at subatomic scales. Understanding these interactions is crucial for learning about the structure of atomic nuclei and the fundamental particles that comprise matter. His work on nuclear matter simulations helps in exploring the conditions within neutron stars and contributing to advancements in fusion power technologies. Lin employs lattice QCD to simulate the required degrees of freedom for quark properties, often necessitating substantial computational resources.
Department of Psychology