Ralph Razzouk

Mathematical Physics

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Education

Purdue University2025 - present

West Lafayette, IN, United States

Ph.D. in Physics, under the supervision of Prof. Eric Samperton

Purdue University2023 - 2025

West Lafayette, IN, United States

M.Sc. in Physics

Notre Dame University - Louaize2020 - 2023

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

B.Sc. in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, Dean's Honor List, under the supervision of Prof. Roger Nakad

Experience

Purdue University

2023 - present

Physics Teaching Assistant

Taught undergraduate physics labs, graded assignments, and held office hours to help students with their physics problems.
Classes taught: PHYS 221, PHYS 252

SiiRA

2023 - 2023

Intern in AI Prompting, Front-end, and Back-end Development

Enhancing SiiRA's JobGPT.
Aggregating all AI tools under one database.

Notre Dame College of Louaize

2021 - 2022

Middle School and High School Physics Teacher

Taught mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, gravitation, optics, etc.
Taught students in both Lebanese Baccalaureate and American programs.

Conferences, Workshops & Schools

Quantum Symmetries Conference (QuaSy-Con IV)

May 22–24, 2026

Illinois State University

Bloomington, Illinois

Quantum Symmetries Conference (QuaSy-Con III)

November 8–9, 2025

Iowa State University

Tensor categories, vertex algebras, Hopf algebras, and quantum groups

Algebraic Topology in Physics

May 29 – June 7, 2024

Physics Latam

Lectures by Pavel Putrov

4th Annual Quantum Summer School

April 30 – May 4, 2024

Purdue University

Hosted by the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI)

Presentations & Talks

Mathematics at NDU

February 13, 2026

Notre Dame University - Louaize

Invited to give the opening talk about mathematics at NDU, alongside Marc Fares, to high school students before their participation in a mathematical olympiad.

Quantum Theory Group

April 14, 2025

Purdue University

On the Computational Complexity of the Drinfeld Center of Monoidal Categories

InSide NDU Podcast

September 20, 2023

Notre Dame University

S1E9 – Gravitating towards a Lebanese Space Sector

Honoring Ceremony

December 1, 2022

Notre Dame University

Talk presented to showcase NASA Space Apps success

NASA Space Apps Challenge Beirut Closing Ceremony

November 10, 2022

Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

Talk presented to showcase NASA Space Apps success

Awards

NASA Space Apps Challenge Global Finalists Honorable Mentions2023

Notre Dame University - Louaize Honoring Ceremony for success in NASA Space Apps Challenge2022

Exceptional Volunteering Certification by Caritas Lebanon2022

NASA Space Apps Challenge Global Finalists Honorable Mentions2022

Academic Scholarship at Notre Dame University - Louaize2020 - 2023

First place in Astronomy Competition at Notre Dame University - Louaize2019

Second place in Robotics Competition at Lebanese German University2019

First place in Young Entrepreneur Showdown at Notre Dame University - Louaize2018

Extracurricular Activities

Webmaster at Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA) at Purdue University2024 - 2026

Student Member at American Physical Society (APS)2023 - Present

Student Member at American Mathematical Society (AMS)2023 - Present

Student Member at American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)2022 - 2024

Participated in events and competitions, attended seminars/webinars, and helped the executive committee at NDU.

President of Astronomy Club at Notre Dame University - Louaize2021 - 2023

Organized and carried out astronomy activities such as stargazing, movie and quiz nights, observatory visits, and enriched the community with scientific astronomy knowledge.

Skills

Programming Languages

Python

C++

Rust

Java

Fortran

Julia

JavaScript

TypeScript

PHP

Scientific Computing

Mathematica

MATLAB

Maple

LaTeX

Qiskit

NumPy

SciPy

Pandas

Matplotlib

Jupyter

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Web & Frameworks

HTML

CSS

React.js

Next.js

Three.js

Node.js

NestJS

Laravel

Tailwind CSS

Sass

shadcn/ui

Material UI

Motion

TanStack Query

Databases & ORMs

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

SQLite

Neon

Prisma ORM

Drizzle ORM

TypeORM

Cloud, DevOps & Tools

AWS

IBM Cloud

Cloudflare

Firebase

Supabase

Vercel

Netlify

Docker

Railway

Playwright

Software

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Audition

Adobe Premiere

DaVinci Resolve

BlenderSony Vegas 19.0

Ralph Razzouk

Mathematical Physics

View CV

Education

Purdue University2025 - present

West Lafayette, IN, United States

Ph.D. in Physics, under the supervision of Prof. Eric Samperton

Purdue University2023 - 2025

West Lafayette, IN, United States

M.Sc. in Physics

Notre Dame University - Louaize2020 - 2023

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

B.Sc. in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, Dean's Honor List, under the supervision of Prof. Roger Nakad

Experience

Purdue University

2023 - present

Physics Teaching Assistant

Taught undergraduate physics labs, graded assignments, and held office hours to help students with their physics problems.
Classes taught: PHYS 221, PHYS 252

SiiRA

2023 - 2023

Intern in AI Prompting, Front-end, and Back-end Development

Enhancing SiiRA's JobGPT.
Aggregating all AI tools under one database.

Notre Dame College of Louaize

2021 - 2022

Middle School and High School Physics Teacher

Taught mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, gravitation, optics, etc.
Taught students in both Lebanese Baccalaureate and American programs.