CV

Education

• B.S. in Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2018
• Ph.D in Chemistry, Rice University, 2022

Work experience

• Summer 2017: Research Intern
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Supervisor: Professor Qiang Cui
• 2017-2018: Research Intern
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Supervisor: Professor Zhonghuai Hou
• 2018-2022: Research Assistant
  • Rice University
  • Supervisor: Professor Peter G. Wolynes
• 2022-2023: Postdoc Researcher
  • Rice University
  • Supervisor: Professor Peter G. Wolynes
• 2023-present: Postdoc Fellow
  • University of Maryland
  • Supervisor: Professor Pratyush Tiwary

Skills

• python; OpenMM; GROMACS; LAMMPS; Matlab; COMSOL; pytorch; C Language

Publications

• Gu, X., Schafer, N. P., Wang, Q., Song, S. S., Chen, M., Waxham, M. N., & Wolynes, P. G. (2020). Exploring the F-actin/CPEB3 interaction and its possible role in the molecular mechanism of long-term memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(36), 22128-22134.
• Lu, W., Bueno, C., Schafer, N. P., Moller, J., Jin, S., Chen, X., Chen, M., Gu, X., Davtyan, A., De Pablo, J. J. & Wolynes, P. G. (2021). OpenAWSEM with Open3SPN2: A fast, flexible, and accessible framework for large-scale coarse-grained biomolecular simulations. PLOS Computational Biology, 17(2), e1008308.
• Gu, X., Schafer, N. P., & Wolynes, P. G. (2021). Vectorial channeling as a mechanism for translational control by functional prions and condensates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(47).
• Gu, X., Schafer, N. P., Bueno, C., Lu, W., & Wolynes, P. G. (2022). A structural dynamics model for how CPEB3 binding to SUMO2 can regulate translational control in dendritic spines. PLOS Computational Biology (just accepted).
• Sahin, C., Motso, A., Gu, X., Feyrer, H., Lama, D., Arndt, T., … & Landreh, M. (2022). Mass spectrometry of RNA-binding proteins during LLPS reveals distinct assembly mechanisms and droplet architectures. bioRxiv.

Teaching

• Mentor in a NSF REU program: Frontiers in Science program (CTBP, Rice U) > May. 2022-Aug.2022
• Teaching assistant of general chemistry lab (chem 123＆124), Rice University > Jan.2019-Dec.2019
• Teaching assistant of honors general chemistry lab (chem 153), Rice University > Sep.2018-Dec.2018
• Teaching assistant of Chemical Kinetics I, USTC > Feb.2018-Apr.2018
• Teaching assistant of Physical Chemistry II, USTC > Feb.2017-Jun.2017