CV

Basics

Name Jacobus Philip Haupt
Label Computational Scientist
Email jphaupt@proton.me
Url https://jphaupt.github.io/
Summary Computational/theoretical physicist and chemistry working on ultra-high accuracy wavefunction methods. Interested in and currently exploring data-driven methods.

Work

  • 2026.01 - Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Sorbonne University
    Using quantum Monte Carlo and high-accuracy quantum chemistry algorithms with machine learning to improve the accuracy of atomistic foundation models.
    • machine learning
    • molecular dynamics
    • monte carlo
    • python
    • JAX
  • 2025.05 - 1955.01
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    Continued my PhD research in the transcorrelated method under the supervision of Prof. Ali Alavi. Paper writing and software development.
    • scientific publishing
    • software development
    • project management and leadership
  • 2019.08 - 2015.05
    Co-Operative Education Work Placement
    Undergraduate Employment
    As part of the coop program at UBC, I worked full-time, paid, for up to 8 months at a time in various positions.
    • machine learning in optical physics (UBC, 2019)
    • machine learning in polymer sequencing (EPFL, 2018)
    • machine learning for STM images (MPI-FKF, 2017)
    • data analysis for police staffing (RCMP, 2016)
  • 2019 - 2020
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of Toronto
    Led and marked labs, and gave office hours to students in introductory physics courses.
  • 2018 - 2019
    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
    University of British Columbia
    Led and marked labs, presented tutorials and gave office hours to students in introductory physics courses.

Education

  • 2020.11 - 2025.04

    Stuttgart, Germany

    Dr. rer. nat.
    Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    Computational Chemistry
    • quantum chemistry
    • scientific software development
    • scientific publishing
    • python
    • fortran
    • language interoperability
  • 2014.09 - 2019.05

    Vancouver, BC, Canada

    B.Sc.
    University of British Columbia
    Combined Honours Physics and Mathematics, Minor in Computer Science
    • honours thesis
    • advanced mathematics
    • quantum mechanics
    • solid state physics
    • machine learning
    • algorithm analysis

Languages

English
Native speaker
German
Intermediate (approx. B2)

References

Available upon request