Peter Yichen Chen is an incoming assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. Before this, he was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), working with Professor Wojciech Matusik. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University under the guidance of Professor Eitan Grinspun. Before this, Peter was a Sherwood-Prize-winning mathematics undergraduate at UCLA. His research empowers 3D content creation for artists, enhances design/fabrication/control for engineers, and aids material discovery for scientists. He publishes in machine learning, computer graphics, scientific computing, mechanics, and robotics.