About me

I am a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in applied math at UCLA, working with Professor Hayden Schaeffer. My research interests include scientific foundation models and mathematical machine learning.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, 2022-present
• M.A. in Mathematics, 2024

Carnegie Mellon University

• B.S./M.S. in Mathematical Sciences, 2018-2022
• B.S. in Computer Science, 2018-2022

Work Experience

ByteDance, Seed AI for Science

• Research Scientist Intern, June 2025 - Dec 2025
• Working on foundation models for protein conformation dynamics

Contact

• Email: yxliu [at] math.ucla.edu
• Office: Mathematical Sciences 7630