Wenxi Wu

New York City

ccwenxi523@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Hi! My name is Wenxi and I recently graduated with a dual degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Maryand, College Park and I currently work as a research assistant at Nevis Labs, Columbia University. I am interested in theoretical and computational astrophysics, specifically working with cosmological simulations and observations to understand the behavior of dark matter. I am also broadly interested in the theoretical physics of the early stages of the universe, including inflation mechanisms, the formation of large-scale structures, and quantum gravity that unifies the theories of the Standard Model and General Relativity.

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Research & Projects

I am passionate about research in astrophyiscs. I have done projects in plasma physics, high-energy particle physics, cosmology, galaxies, and machine learning. Here are some of the projects and links to the paper that I conducted in undergrad!

Topic Keywords Tools
Dark Matter Cosmology, $\Lambda \mathrm{CDM}$, Large Scale Structures N-body Simulations, Supercomputing
Higgs Inflation Cosmic Inflation, Hign Energy Physics, GUT Literature Review
Baryon Abundance Cosmology, IGM Observation Proposal
HII Galaxies Galaxies, Dark Matter Literature Review
Variable Stars Cataclysmic Variables, Light Curve Analysis Data Analysis, ZTF
Grokking Machine Learning, Optimization, Neural Network Multi-layer Perceptron

Teaching

I am also passionate about communicating science through teaching. I have served as a teaching assistant for multiple phyisics and astronomy courses at UMD, as well as for an astrophysic summer camp at the University of Colorado Boulder. Here are some of the courses I taught:


The Summer Science Program, CU Boulder (2025)


Courses at UMD

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