Dr. Christine Wu is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). She joined the Physics Division at LLNL in 1993 after receiving her PhD in theoretical chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles. She is deeply interested in studying the behavior of materials and novel phenomena under extreme high pressure and temperature conditions. Her ongoing work includes development of wide-range physics-based equations of state (EOS), EOS code/capability and EOS/UQ methodology, as well as the execution and incorporation of state-of-the-art first-principles quantum simulations. Currently, Dr. Wu leads multiple multiphase EOS projects at LLNL and serves as a group leader in the Physics Division.

Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1993

M.S., Purdue University at Indianapolis, 1988

B.S., Peking University, 1985

1. C. J. Wu, L. X. Benedict, P. C. Myint, S. Hamel, C. J. Prisbrey and J. Leek, and, “Wide-ranged multiphase equation of state for iron and model variations addressing uncertainties in high-pressure melting”, Phy. Rev. B 108 (1), 014102 (2023)
2. M. G. Gorman, C. J. Wu, R. F. Smith, L. X. Benedict, C. J. Prisbrey, W. Schill, S. A. Bonev, Z. C. Long, P. Söderlind, D. Braun, D. C. Swift, R. Briggs, T. J. Volz, E. F. O'Bannon, P. M. Celliers, D. E. Fratanduono, J. H. Eggert, S. J. Ali and J. M. McNaney “Ramp compression of tantalum to multiterapascal pressures: Constraints of the thermal equation of state to 2.3 TPa and 5000 K”, Phys. Rev. B 107 014109 (2023)
3. C. J. Wu, P. C. Myint, John E. Pask, C. J. Prisbrey, P. Suryanarayana, A.A. Correa and Joel Varley, ”Development of a multiphase beryllium equation of state and physics-based variations” J. Phys. Chem. A, 125, 1610 (2021).
4. C. J. Wu, P. Söderlind, J. N. Glosli and J. E. Klepeis, "Shear-Induced Anisotropic Plastic Flow From BCC Tantalum Prior to Melting," Nature Mater., 8, 223 (2009)
5. C. J. Wu, L. E. Fried, L. H. Yang, Nir Goldman and Sorin Bastea "Novel Catalytic Behavior of Dense Water", Nature Chem., 1, 57 (2009).
6. C. J. Wu, J. N. Glosli, G. Galli, and F. H. Ree, "Liquid-liquid phase transition in elemental carbon: A first-principles investigation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 135701 (2002).
7. C. J. Wu and L. E. Fried, "Ring closure mediated by intramolecular hydrogen transfer in the decomposition of a push-pull nitroaromatic: TATB," J. Phys. Chem. 104, 6447 (2000)