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Hussen Oumer

PhD Student at DIPC · Soft Matter & Ionic Liquids · Transitioning to AI-driven R&D. Managing 2.5M CPU hours at BSC.

Computational Physics Ionic Liquids & Soft Matter Forward-Osmosis Desalination Monte Carlo Simulation HPC / BSC AI-driven R&D
2.5M
CPU hours managed @ BSC
6+
Open-source repos
3+
Research areas
2
Institutions
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01 — About

Who I am

I'm Hussen Oumer Mohammed, a PhD student and early-stage researcher at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), based in San Sebastián, Spain. My work sits at the frontier of computational chemistry, soft condensed matter, and machine learning.

My doctoral research focuses on the computational design of draw solutes for Forward-Osmosis seawater desalination — using molecular simulation and data-driven methods to engineer next-generation water-treatment materials.

In parallel I manage 2.5 million CPU hours at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), where I coordinate large-scale simulation campaigns on ionic liquids (TRILs/ILs) and their thermodynamic behaviour, including LCST phenomena. I'm now actively transitioning toward AI-driven R&D — integrating deep learning with domain physics to accelerate materials discovery.

PhD Student — DIPC, San Sebastián

Computational Design · Forward-Osmosis Desalination · 2023 – present

HPC Resource Manager — BSC Barcelona

2.5M CPU-hour allocations · Large-scale IL/soft-matter simulations

Researcher — Ionic Liquids & Soft Matter

LCST-IL phase behaviour · Monte Carlo methods · Fortran & Python

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Hussen Oumer Mohammed

PhD Student · Computational Scientist

📍San Sebastián, Spain
🏛️DIPC
🔬Soft Matter & ILs
💻BSC · 2.5M CPU-hrs

02 — Research

Research focus

Main PhD project

Computational Design of Draw Solutes for Forward-Osmosis Desalination

Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation of candidate draw solutes to engineer high-performance, low-energy seawater desalination membranes using forward-osmosis principles.

Learn more ›
Active

LCST Behaviour of Ionic Liquids (IL Simulations)

Large-scale HPC simulations exploring lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase transitions in ionic liquids, combining thermodynamic modelling with Fortran-based Monte Carlo engines.

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Published

Thermodynamic Properties of Task-specific ILs (TRILs)

Systematic computational study of task-specific room-temperature ionic liquids (TRILs), characterising structural, dynamic, and thermodynamic properties relevant to separation processes.

GitHub repo ›
Tool

2D Monte Carlo Simulation Engine

High-performance 2D Monte Carlo simulation code written in Fortran for studying soft-matter and colloidal systems at the mesoscale. Designed for BSC HPC deployment.

GitHub repo ›
Toolkit

Scientific Python Utilities (scicomp-py)

A collection of Python utilities for scientific computing, post-processing simulation outputs, data analysis, and visualisation for computational physics workflows.

GitHub repo ›
Emerging

AI-Driven Materials Discovery

Transitioning computational expertise toward machine-learning-assisted materials screening — using neural network potentials and data-driven surrogate models to accelerate simulation-based discovery.

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03 — Skills

Technical expertise

Simulation methods

Molecular Dynamics95%
Monte Carlo (2D/3D)90%
Force-field development80%
Free-energy calculations75%

Programming

Python Fortran 90 Bash / Shell MATLAB NumPy SciPy Matplotlib Pandas MDAnalysis

HPC & Software

BSC MareNostrum SLURM GROMACS LAMMPS NAMD VESTA VMD Linux Git / GitHub

Research & Communication

Scientific Writing LaTeX Data Analysis Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics English · Fluent Spanish · Intermediate

04 — Projects

Open-source work

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scicomp-py

Scientific Python utilities for post-processing simulation outputs, statistical analysis, and publication-quality visualisation of MD / MC data.

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2D Monte Carlo Simulation

High-performance 2D MC engine in Fortran 90 for soft-matter and colloidal systems. Optimised for deployment on BSC HPC clusters via SLURM.

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TRILs — Task-specific ILs

Simulation data and analysis scripts for task-specific room-temperature ionic liquids. Includes thermodynamic characterisation and structural analysis pipelines.

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LCST-IL-Simulations

Simulation workflows and scripts for LCST phase-transition studies in ionic liquids. Full BSC HPC pipeline from submission to analysis.

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Personal Academic Website

This portfolio — built with pure HTML & CSS, deployed via GitHub Pages. Inspired by the interactive academic site style of Kiarash Farajzadehahary.

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AI × Soft Matter (In Progress)

Ongoing work integrating neural network potentials and machine learning surrogate models with classical MD to accelerate computational materials discovery workflows.

05 — Contact

Get in touch

Whether you're interested in collaborating on computational materials science, AI-driven R&D, or just want to connect — my inbox is always open.

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Location
San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
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