Patrick Yuheng Wang

Hello! I am Patrick, a chemical physicist educated at the University of Edinburgh. I am now working towards my DPhil in physical and theoretical chemistry in probing electron correlation effects using ultrafast X-ray scattering.

I currently hold a stipendiary lectureship at Christ Church, University of Oxford in Physical Chemistry. I am responsible for organising/teaching the undergraduate physical chemistry tutorials of the MChem degree for years one, two, and three in college. I also assist with the undergraduate admission interviews/assessments for the college. I teach the quantum chemistry supplementary subject for second year undergraduates in the Department of Chemistry at Oxford as well.

During my undergrad, I worked at Diamond Light Source, UK’s national synchrotron facility, where I performed research on soft X-ray optics and ray-tracing simulations. My master’s thesis focussed on developing new methodologies for simulating soft X-ray beamlines with plane grating monochromators. A copy can be downloaded here.

I am currently working on developing the theory required for probing electron correlation effects in atoms and molecules using scattering experiments done at X-ray free electron lasers. This would hopefully shed light on the fundamental electron dynamics as well as improve our current quantum chemistry methods.

Academic

Master of Chemical Physics Honours, First Class, University of Edinburgh, September 2024

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (Physical and Theoretical Chemistry), University of Oxford, Ongoing

Academic Appointments

Departmental Tutor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, October 2024–Present

Stipendiary Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Christ Church, University of Oxford, October 2025–Present

Committe Member, Royal Society of Chemistry Theoretical Chemistry Interest Group, January 2025–Present

Publications

2025

Wang, Patrick Yuheng; Silva, Murilo Bazan Da; Held, Georg; Wang, Hongchang; Sawhney, Kawal; Walters, Andrew C.

An Automated and Robust Method for Modelling X-ray Beamlines with Plane Grating Monochromators Journal Article

In: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 32, no. 4, 2025, ISSN: 1600-5775.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX

Wang, Patrick Yuheng; Silva, Murilo Bazan Da; Hand, Matthew; Wang, Hongchang; Chang, Peter; Beilsten-Edmands, Victoria; Kim, Timur K.; Lee, Tien-Lin; Sawhney, Kawal; Walters, Andrew C.

PGMweb : An Online Tool for Visualizing the X-ray Beam Path through Plane Grating Monochromators Journal Article

In: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 261–268, 2025, ISSN: 1600-5775.

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