COMPUTATIONAL QUANTUM PHYSICIST
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Softworld, Inc
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center
RESEARCH FACILTATOR PROFESSIONAL
April 2024 - present
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Assist researchers in optimizing the usage of high-performance computing cluster resources by improving scientific workflows, HPC tool development, and documentation
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Support the online learning projects by building components for the HPC online courses, and facilitating workshops at scientific computing conferences
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Develop software automation tools to streamline frequently asked user requests and questions
Simons Foundation
Flatiron Institute
Center for Computational Quantum Physics
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH ANALYST
February 2022 - April 2024
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Perform research using quantum many-body methods to study the electronic structure of 2D superatomic solids
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Develop software tools to implement ab initio methods for TRIQs Python libraries and improve workflow between ASE, Quantum Espresso, and Wannier90 Python and Fortran software packages
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Creator of Undergraduate Computing Community to strengthen student experience within open source scientific software community through pair programming and peer mentorship
SIMONS-NSBP SUMMER RESEARCH SCHOLAR
May 2021 - August 2021
Performed electronic structure calculations using PySCF and ASE Python packages on high-performance computing cluster
Drove ASE to perform electronic structure calculations using Quantum Espresso on high-performance computing cluster using Ubuntu, C and Fortran compilers, a MPI library, OpenMP compiler, and Intel MKL
Tweag Software Lab
TWEAG OPEN-SOURCE FELLOW
November 2021 - February 2022
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Developing PySCF module for ASE front-end interface to perform quantum chemistry calculations
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Performing unit, regression, and system testing using Pytest to improve package reliability
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Learning to use Nix and Poetry to improve package reliability and dependencies
PUBLICATION
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Achieved acknowledgement for research contributions in X-Ray scattering and physicochemical studies of trialkylamine/carboxylic acid mixtures: nanscale structure in pseudoprotic ionic liquids and related solutions research paper
June 2018
SKILLS
PYTHON LIBRARIES - SCIPY, NUMPY, MATPLOTLIB, PANDAS
UNIX AND LINUX BASH SCRIPTING
CI WORKFLOW ON GITHUB
PIP AND CONDA PACKAGE MANAGEMENT
QUANTUM ESPRESSO, WANNIER90, PYSCF, ASE, TRIQS COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE PACKAGES
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CLUSTER EXPERIENCE - MPI, OPENMP, JOB SCHEDULING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - PYTHON, C++, JAVA, REACT
AWARDS
TOP PRESENTER PRIZE FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
Scholarship awarded to African American undergraduate physics and astronomy students who show academic potential and have financial need as they pursue their undergraduate studies
2024 APS March Meeting
March 2024
TEAM-UP TOGETHER SCHOLAR
Scholarship awarded to African American undergraduate physics and astronomy students who show academic potential and have financial need as they pursue their undergraduate studies
December 2022
December 2023