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Yi Jiang

Beamline Data Scientist @ Advanced Photon Source

I study computational imaging techniques in X-ray and electron microscopy, with a deep interest in developing agentic workflows to facilitate autonomous research.

Outside the lab, I build educational websites and games designed to inspire the next generation of humans — and AI agents — about science.

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Yi Jiang

01Research

Computational imaging, from atoms to devices

Algorithms and AI agents that turn diffraction data into atomic- and nanoscale images.

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Selected publications
All research & publications → 47 papers · h-index 28

02Teaching & outreach

Making imaging science playable

Games, websites and tutorials that teach the science behind microscopy.

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Publications

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Invited Talks

2026

Agentic Workflows for Autonomous Ptychographic Reconstruction and Algorithm Discovery

Bay Area Light Sources Joint Users' Meeting, Menlo Park CA · Sep. 2026

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2025

LLM-assisted workflows for X-ray ptychography at the Advanced Photon Source

2025 ALS User Meeting, Berkeley CA · Aug. 2025

2025

Empowering Electron Ptychography with Generative Artificial Intelligence and Agentic Workflows

Microscopy and Microanalysis, Salt Lake City UT · Jul. 2025

2024

Optimizing Parameters for High-resolution and Low-dose Ptychography

APS March Meeting 2024, Minneapolis MN · Mar. 2024

2023

Optimizing Parameters for High-resolution and Low-dose Electron Ptychography

Microscopy and Microanalysis, Minneapolis MN · Jul. 2023

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2022

Automatic and Intelligent Data Processing for Ptychography

The International Conference on X-ray Microscopy · Jun. 2022

2021

Multi-slice ptychography for continuous object within the depth of field

SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego CA · Aug. 2021

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2020

High-speed Three-dimensional Imaging at the Nanoscale via Fly-scan Ptycho-tomography

Microscopy and Microanalysis Virtual Meeting · Aug. 2020

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Synergistic Activities

Symposia organized

“Advances in Modeling, Simulation, and Artificial Intelligence in Microscopy and Microanalysis for Physical and Biological Systems”

Microscopy & Microanalysis · 2020

“Frontiers of Electron Ptychography”

Microscopy & Microanalysis · 2025

“Tutorial MT01—Deploying Agentic AI in Materials Characterization Workflows”

2026 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit · 2026

Community & outreach

Run a virtual study group on advanced computational techniques in electron microscopy — 100+ members across 10+ institutions worldwide

Hackathons

AI and ML for Microscopy Hackathon — 2nd place

University of Tennessee (virtual) · 2024

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Adaptive-scanning-microscopy Data Challenge

Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences & Engineering Conference (virtual) · 2021

Open science in ptychography: how much do we actually share?

A live snapshot of open-data and open-code rates across 175 ptychography papers in the PtychoHub database — updated whenever new papers are added.

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4.6%
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Open Data 14/175 — 8.0%
Open Code 11/175 — 6.3%
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