I am an MSCA Doctoral Candidate in the Parallel CFD & Optimization Unit at the National Technical University of Athens. Within the FairCFD Doctoral Network, I develop shadowing-based sensitivity and adjoint methods for chaotic flows, with applications to automotive aerodynamic optimization in collaboration with Toyota Gazoo Racing.li songrui

After completing my MSc at Imperial College London, I spent three years at SAIC Volkswagen working on automotive CFD and scientific machine learning. I then joined Vanderbilt University to study fluid–structure interaction in biomedical applications. I now work with the team behind OpenFOAM’s adjointShapeOptimizationFoam, extending my focus to sensitivity analysis and optimization for complex engineering flows.

Alongside this work, I explore how Scientific Machine Learning and AI-assisted workflows can improve our understanding of nonlinear flow dynamics and support efficient, physically consistent simulations.

Research expertise and current PhD focusSolid borders indicate methods; dashed borders indicate applications. CFD and nonlinear dynamical systems overlap with LLM and deep learning, automotive flow and optimization, and bio flow and patient-specific modeling. The biomedical overlap is FSI. A red dash-dot border marks Current PhD Focus around chaotic-flow sensitivity analysis. Two points mark AI for Automotive CFD and AI as enabling capability.CFD & NonlinearDynamical SystemsLLM & DeepLearningCFD Agent &Scientific MLChaotic-flow &Sensitivity analysisAutomotive Flow& OptimizationBio Flow &Patient-SpecificModelingFSIAI forAutomotiveCFDAI as enablingcapabilityCurrent PhD FocusCurrent PhD Focus: Method: Application

Education & Experience Timeline

MSCA PhD ResearcherNational Technical University of Athens 🇬🇷09/2026 - present
Graduate Research AssistantVanderbilt University 🇺🇸08/2024 - 01/2026
CFD Methodology EngineerSAIC Volkswagen 🇨🇳05/2021 - 06/2024
Assistant Data ScientistSAIC Volkswagen 🇨🇳06/2023 - 01/2024
M.Sc.: Advanced Computational MethodsImperial College London 🇬🇧09/2019 - 11/2020
B.Eng: Erasmus+ mobility / Flight Vehicle Propulsion EngineeringUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid 🇪🇸01/2019 - 07/2019

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