I am a theoretical and computational physicist, with a specialism in algorithmic and software development. During my PhD at Cambridge, I developed methods to help compute and understand dynamical processes on energy landscapes, particularly on large ill-conditioned systems where numerical problems prevent direct calculations.
Currently, I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Engineering department with Eugene Shwageraus. I work on the MaThRad project: a multi-agency project focused on mathematical radiation transport. My work aims to expand on our fundamental understanding of monte carlo simulations to help improve the predictive power of radiation transport simulations, such as for criticality safety calculations.
Selected Publications:
S.-J. Yang, D. J. Wales, E. J. Woods and G. R. Fleming, Design Principles for Energy Transfer in the Photosystem II Supercomplex from Kinetic Transition Networks, Nature Communications, 15, 8763, (2024)
E. J. Woods and D. J. Wales, Analysis and interpretation of first passage time distributions featuring rare events, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 1640-1657 (2024)
E. J. Woods, D. Kannan, D. J. Sharpe, T. D. Swinburne and D. J. Wales, Analysing ill-conditioned Markov chains, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 381, 20220245, (2023)
M. C. Anderson, E. J. Woods, T. P. Fay, D. J. Wales and D. T. Limmer, On the Mechanism of Polaritonic Rate Suppression from Quantum Transition Paths, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14, 6888-6894, (2023)