Heechang Na, Ph.D., is the Scientific Applications Operations Manager at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). In his role, he is responsible for managing the comprehensive operations for providing optimal scientific software application environments to academic and industry clients. Leveraging his technical expertise and strategic insights, he drives the enhancement of OSC's scientific computing infrastructure.
As part of his responsibilities, he oversees the deployment of the scientific software stack on new systems and collaborates with other groups to make the software environment more accessible. This includes deploying more Open OnDemand apps, supporting classrooms and enabling new workflows in AI, bioinformatics and other emerging science domains. Additionally, he manages licensed software and software purchasing, and also consults on new software/workflow.
Before joining OSC, Na worked in academia researching Lattice QCD. Lattice QCD is a field of theoretical particle physics that uses simulations on high performance computing systems to investigate subatomic structures and the Standard Model. As part of the HPQCD collaboration, he calculated the semi-leptonic decay form factors of D and B mesons in full QCD for the first time.
He received a bachelor's degree in physics from Chung-Ang University in South Korea, and later earned a master’s degree in physics and a doctoral degree in theoretical physics from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2008.
