Mengdi Wang ↗
Postdoctoral fellow
Physical simulation · World models · GPU solvers
Publications ↗PhysAI Lab
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An interdisciplinary group working across physics, graphics, machine learning, and robotics at the University of British Columbia.
Principal investigator
Peter Yichen Chen
Assistant Professor · UBC Computer Science
Peter leads PhysAI Lab, developing physical simulators at the intersection of computer graphics, machine learning, scientific computing, and robotics. His research connects efficient computation with applications in science, engineering, and 3D content creation.
Postdoc · MIT CSAILPhD · Columbia UniversityBS · UCLA
Postdoctoral research
Postdoctoral researchers
Doctoral researchers
Doctoral students
Ahmed Hatem
PhD student
Caoliwen Wang ↗
PhD student
World models · Physical AI
Publications ↗Siyuan Chen ↗
PhD student
Neural simulation · Biomolecular modeling
Publications ↗Heng Zhang ↗
PhD student · co-advised with Chao Liu
Robotics · Differentiable simulation
Publications ↗Weijia Zeng ↗
PhD student · co-advised with Kwang Moo Yi
3D vision · Graphics
Publications ↗
Xiyang Tan ↗
PhD student · co-advised with Kwang Moo Yi
Generative AI · Physics-based simulation
Publications ↗
Shixun Huang ↗
PhD student
Physics AI · Model reduction
Publications ↗Qianjun Xia ↗
PhD student
Robotics · Physical intelligence
Publications ↗
Guanxiong Chen ↗
PhD student · co-advised with Chao Liu
Deformable simulation · Robot manipulation
Publications ↗Incoming researchers
Incoming PhD students
Zhenyi Wang
Incoming PhD student
Shenyifan Lu
Incoming PhD student
Master’s research
Master’s students
Ziyi Jiao
Master’s student
Publications ↗Visiting research
Visiting students
Yiwen Chen
Visiting undergraduate student
Baiming Zhang ↗
Visiting International Research Student · Oct 2026–Jan 2027 (expected)
Zhejiang University undergraduate · Scientific machine learning
Research profile ↗Research community
Research collaborators
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