Hongzhi Cheng

Hongzhi Cheng serves as a Research Fellow at Princeton University, specializing in Physical Chemistry with a focus on computational and theoretical approaches to surface phenomena.

His academic background includes:

• Ph.D. from Yale University (2007)
• Advisor: John Tully
• Dissertation: Nonadiabatic dynamics at metal surfaces

Dr. Cheng's research spans Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, and Surface Science, with significant contributions to modeling atomic/molecular motion at metal interfaces. His work develops specialized methods like the wide-band diabatic dynamics approach and semiclassical Gaussian wavepacket techniques to address electronic continuum challenges in nonadiabatic processes. Additional expertise includes probabilistic modeling through stratified sampling methods for rare-event chemical reactions.

His current affiliation at Princeton University continues this line of inquiry in theoretical chemical physics, leveraging advanced computational frameworks to simplify complex surface dynamics simulations.