Tianyu Hu (Thierry)

Hi, I’m Tianyu — or Thierry. This is my personal corner of the internet: a place for the work I care about, but also for the music I play, the photographs I take, the sports I enjoy, and the people and places that have shaped me.

My path has moved through different cities and different versions of myself. I worked in Shenzhen, studied in the United Kingdom, and now live in Ames, Iowa. Along the way, I have been fortunate to meet teachers, mentors, colleagues, and friends who changed how I see both research and life.

I am naturally curious. Sometimes that curiosity becomes a research question about energy systems; sometimes it becomes a photograph, a piece of music on the flute, a fencing bout, a badminton game, or a journey into a place I have not seen before.

This website is a record of those different parts—not a résumé with decorations, but a growing portrait of a life in motion.