Lau Pak To (Ryan)

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TLDR

I am a graduated Masters student in Physics and a recent Natural Sciences graduate (Physics & Physical Chemistry) at University College London (UCL).

Brief CV

Education

(Sept 2022 - Sept 2023) University College London (UCL)
MSc Physics

(2019 - 2022) UCL
BSc Natural Sciences (Major: Physics ; Minor: Physical Chemistry)

(2017-2019) Ardingly College, UK
Sixth Form (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry)

(2012-2017) St. Josephs's College (SJC), Hong Kong
F.1 - F.5 (Electives: Physics, Chemistry, Biology)


Research


Topological Edge Modes in Non-Hermitian 1D Fermionic Spin Chains

Literature review: On the potential of Topological Time Crystals for Quantum Error Correction

Quantum Modelling, Simulations and Algorithms for Biological systems

Quantum Simulations of Antigen-Antibody reactions

Q-Wave: Simulating sound waves using Quantum Algorithms

Literature review: Classifying Topological Phases of Quantum Matter using Tensor Networks

Topological Phase Transition in S=1/2 spin chains with alternating ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic
(AFM) couplings and exchange anisotropy

The 3-Colored Distributive Consensus Problem

Machine Learning in Stock Markets


Summer Schools


Qiskit Global Summer School 2022: Quantum Simulations (July 2022 - Aug 2022)

UCLQ Quantum Technologies Summer School (July, 2022)

Wolfram Summer School Fundamental Physics Track
(June 2021-July 2021)








Programming


Intermediate: Python, Mathematica, C++, MATLAB
Novice: C, Julia, HTML, CSS


Quantum Technologies/Platforms


Qiskit, QASM 2.0, IBM Quantum Composer, IBM Quantum Lab


Work experience


Research Consultant / Intern at Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London (Aug 2022-Sept 2022)

Research Software Engineer / Assistant at MAPS, UCL (June 2022 - Sept 2022)

Research Intern at CMMP, UCL (June 2021 - Aug 2021)

Summer research student at Wolfram Summer School, Fundamental Physics Track,
Wolfram Research (June 2021 - July 2021)

Research Assistant/Mentee in the UCL Connect.ed Mentorship Programme (Jan 2021 - Apr 2021)

Physics, Mathematics & Chemistry Private Tutor (Sept 2022 - June 2023, Summer 2019, 2020)


Some other projects


Bird Song Audio Analysis, Molecular and Business Modelling in Science, ML in Stock Market, Quantum Chemistry with an application in Drug Design


Volunteering


ARTSMH: Vice-President, Treasurer & Project Leader

Hong Kong St. John's Ambulance (SJACD):
Cadet, Division Vice-President (2016-2017), First-Aid & Footdrill team member & trainer