Meifeng Lin
Department Chair, Computational Science, Computational Science Initiative

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Computational Science Initiative
Bldg. 725, Room 2-102
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-4379
mlin@bnl.gov
Pronouns: she/her
Dr. Meifeng Lin is currently the chair of the Computational Science Department in the Computing and Data Sciences Directorate at BNL. She previously led the High Performance Computing group at BNL's Computational Science Initiative from 2019 to 2024. She holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics from Columbia University, and has worked in the field of computational physics and high performance computing for more than 15 years. Prior to joining BNL in 2013, she had held several research positions in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Boston University and Argonne National Laboratory. Her research interests include lattice QCD, nuclear and high energy physics, high performance computing and applications of machine learning and quantum computing.
Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards
Expertise
- Lattice QCD
- High Performance Computing
- Numerical Simulations and Modeling
- Computational Physics
- Digital Twins
Research Activities
High Performance Computing (HPC)
- High Energy Physics Center for Computational Excellence (DOE HEP), Task Lead at BNL, 2019-present
- Overcoming Computational Bottlenecks with HPC and ML (BNL LDRD), PI, 2021-2024
- Exascale Lattice Gauge Theory (DOE ASCR Exascale), Senior Personnel, 2016-2023
- Performance Portability Strategies for HPC Applications (SBU-BNL Seed Grant), BNL PI, 2016-2017
- PUMA-V for LQCD Software Optimization (DOE SBIR/STTR), BNL PI, 2013-2015
Quantum Computing
- Quantum-Centric Supercomputing (BNL LDRD), Co-PI, 2023-2026
- Quantum Chromodynamics with Quantum Computers (DOE NP), Co-PI, 2023-2026
- Quantum Machine Learning for NISQ Devices (BNL LDRD), Co-PI, 2019-2022
- Physics-Guided Optimization of Quantum Gates (BNL LDRD), PI, 2018-2021
Machine Learning (ML)
- Transformative Cloud Modeling through ML (BNL LDRD), Co-PI, 2024-2026
- AI-assisted Detector Design for EIC (DOE NP), Key Personnel, 2023-2025
- Cycle-Consistent Generative Models for Simulations and Experiments (BNL LDRD), Co-PI, 2021-2024
- High Performance X-ray Diffraction Simulation with GPU and CPU (BNL LDRD), Co-PI, 2017-2019
Education
- Ph.D. Theoretical Particle Physics, Columbia University
- M.Phil. / M.A., Physics, Columbia University
- B.S. Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Professional Appointments
- 01/2025 - present, Department Chair, Computational Science, Computing and Data Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 02/2024 - present, Distinguished Computational Scientist, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 07/2019 - 12/2024, Group Leader, High Performance Computing, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 10/2020 - 01/2024, Senior Computational Scientist, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 10/2018 - 09/2020, Computational Scientist, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 11/2018 - 05/2019, Acting Group Leader, Quantum Computing, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 10/2016 - 09/2018, Associate Computational Scientist, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 11/2013 - 09/2016, Assistant Computational Scientist, Computational Science Initiative, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 03/2013 - 09/2013, Assistant Computational Scientist, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Argonne National Laboratory
- 11/2012 - 03/2013, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Computational Science, Boston University
- 10/2009 - 09/2012, Postdoctoral Research Associate, High Energy Theory Group, Department of Physics, Yale University
- 09/2007 - 09/2009, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 05/2017 - 05/2020, Adjunct Associate Professor, Stony Brook University
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02/2010 - 10/2015, Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Brookhaven Research Center
Selected Publications
- Alexeev Y, Amsler M, Barroca MA, et al (2024) Quantum-centric supercomputing for materials science: A perspective on challenges and future directions. Future Generation Computer Systems 160:666–710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2024.04.060
- Zhang T, Li L, López-Marrero V, et al (2024) Emulator of PR-DNS: Accelerating Dynamical Fields With Neural Operators in Particle-Resolved Direct Numerical Simulation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16:. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023ms003898
- Diefenthaler M, Fanelli C, Gerlach LO, et al (2024) AI-assisted detector design for the EIC (AID(2)E). Journal of Instrumentation 19:C07001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/c07001
- Matekole ES, Fang Y-LL, Lin M (2022) Methods and Results for Quantum Optimal Pulse Control on Superconducting Qubit Systems. 2022 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW). https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdpsw55747.2022.00102
- Mishra A, Chheda S, Soto C, et al (2022) COMPOFF: A Compiler Cost model using Machine Learning to predict the Cost of OpenMP Offloading. 2022 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW). https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdpsw55747.2022.00074
- Bak S, Bertoni C, Boehm S, et al (2022) OpenMP application experiences: Porting to accelerated nodes. Parallel Computing 109:102856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2021.102856
- Chapman B, Pham B, Yang C, et al (2021) Outcomes of OpenMP Hackathon: OpenMP Application Experiences with the Offloading Model (Part II). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 81–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85262-7_6
- Dong Z, Gray H, Leggett C, et al (2021) Porting HEP Parameterized Calorimeter Simulation Code to GPUs. Frontiers in Big Data 4:. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2021.665783
- Yu H, Dong Z, Knoepfel K, et al (2021) Evaluation of Portable Acceleration Solutions for LArTPC Simulation Using Wire-Cell Toolkit. EPJ Web of Conferences 251:03032. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125103032
- Abramczyk M, Blum T, Izubuchi T, Jung C, Lin M, Lytle A, Ohta S, Shintani E (2020) Nucleon mass and isovector couplings in 2+1-flavor dynamical domain-wall lattice QCD near physical mass. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.101.034510
- Dong Z, Fang Y-LL, Huang X, Yan H, Ha S, Xu W, Chu YS, Campbell SI, Lin M (2018) High-Performance Multi-Mode Ptychography Reconstruction on Distributed GPUs. 2018 New York Scientific Data Summit (NYSDS). doi: 10.1109/nysds.2018.8538964
- Boyle PA, Clark MA, DeTar C, Lin M, Rana V, Vaquero Avilés-Casco A (2018) Performance Portability Strategies for Grid C++ Expression Templates. EPJ Web of Conferences 175:09006. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201817509006
- Abeykoon SK, Lin M, Van Dam KK (2017) Parallelizing x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy software tools using python multiprocessing. 2017 New York Scientific Data Summit (NYSDS). doi: 10.1109/nysds.2017.8085042
- Rana VS, Lin M, Chapman B (2016) A Scalable Task Parallelism Approach for LU Decomposition with Multicore CPUs. 2016 Second International Workshop on Extreme Scale Programming Models and Middlewar (ESPM2). doi: 10.1109/espm2.2016.008
- Appelquist T, Brower RC, Fleming GT, Kiskis J, Lin MF, Neil ET, Osborn JC, Rebbi C, Rinaldi E, Schaich D, Schroeder C, Syritsyn S, Voronov G, Vranas P, Weinberg E, Witzel O (2014) Lattice simulations with eight flavors of domain wall fermions in SU(3) gauge theory. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.90.114502
- Appelquist T, Brower RC, Buchoff MI, Cheng M, Cohen SD, Fleming GT, Kiskis J, Lin MF, Neil ET, Osborn JC, Rebbi C, Schaich D, Schroeder C, Syritsyn S, Voronov G, Vranas P, Wasem J (2013) Lattice calculation of composite dark matter form factors. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.88.014502
Research Highlights
Turbocharging Data (2021)
Accelerating Scientific Discovery Through Code Optimization on Many-Core Processors (2018)
Accelerated Computing Hackathon Returns for Second Year (2018)
Brookhaven Lab Hosts "Brookathon," a Five-Day GPU Hackathon (2017)
Awards & Recognition
Spotlight Awards, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2016, 2017, 2018
Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University, 2001-2003

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Computational Science Initiative
Bldg. 725, Room 2-102
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-4379
mlin@bnl.gov