About

I was born and raised in 遵义 (Zūnyì), 贵州 (Guìzhōu), cradled by misty mountains, grey skies, and long childhood nights. My teenage years brought me beneath the unbroken sunlight of Singapore, a place that shaped me in many ways.

In recent years, the tranquil city of Oxford has seen me dozing over books and notes, exploring particles that form matter; the matter that forms us, the universe, and beyond. At times I shuttled between fume hoods hands full of deadly chemicals; at others I traced curly arrows to glimpse the fate of a molecule; all in search of decoding the message hidden within each symbol of the periodic table.

I have now (temporarily, at least) settled into the field of machine-learning-driven atomistic simulation, a burgeoning field that bridges one black box to another. Every day, I sit before a glowing screen, with processors humming behind the scenes, working with sincere intention towards discoveries that might one day be transformative.

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Education§

2023 – 2027
Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing (EPSRC CDT), University of Oxford
2019 – 2023
Master of Chemistry, University of Oxford
  • Part IA: rank 2nd, 89/100   |   Part IB: rank 5th, 85/100   |   Part II: rank 8th, 75/100
  • Part II thesis: Local invariance model for short-range order in binary thermoelectrics
  • Part II supervisors: Andrew Goodwin, Nikolaj Roth
2017 – 2018
Nanyang Junior College
  • Distinctions in H3 Pharmaceutical Chemistry, H2 Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, H1 General Paper, Project Work   |   NYJC Choir
2015 – 2017
Singapore Chinese Girls' School
  • 9A1s in Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level   |   SCGS Choir

Awards & Scholarships§

  • Clarendon Fund Scholarship, University of Oxford (2023 – 2027)
  • Jesus College Clarendon Old Members’ Award, University of Oxford (2023 – 2027)
  • Runner-up Inorganic Part II Thesis Prize, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford (2023)
  • Katritzky Chemistry Prize Part I, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (2022)
  • Gibbs Prize for Best Performances in Part IB Examinations, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford (2022)
  • Undergraduate Second-place Prize in Part IA Examinations, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford (2021)
  • St. Catherine’s College Scholarships, University of Oxford (2019 – 2022)
  • Senior Middle One (SM1) Scholarship Programme, Ministry of Education, Singapore (2015 – 2018)

Contact§

For anything you’d like to share or discuss, contact me at litong.wu@jesus.ox.ac.uk
Artwork kindly created by my friend @jz.potattoo, who is also a tattoo artist.

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