Dr. Zirui Mao is a Computational Scientist in PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory). He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics with a focus on computational mechanics and engineering, specializing in multiphysics modeling, numerical methods, and high-performance computing. Dr. Mao develops advanced computational methods and digital twins for complex energy and manufacturing systems, including battery manufacturing, nuclear material, plasma etching, carbon capture, rare-earth element separation, and nuclear wastes treatment etc. His research integrates computational fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution, ML algorithms, and GPU-accelerated scientific computing.