SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE ENGINEER
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH ANALYST
February 2022 - present
Perform research using computational methods that focus on the electronic structure of 2D super atomic crystal materials
Develop software to implement ab initio techniques for Python library PySCF and improve workflow between ASE, Quantum Espresso, and Wannier90 Python and Fortran software packages
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 OPEN-SOURCE FELLOW
November 2021 to February 2022
Developing PySCF module for ASE front-end interface to perform quantum chemistry calculations
Performing unit, regression, and system testing using Pytest to improve package reliability
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
UNIX AND LINUX BASH SCRIPTING
CI WORKFLOW ON GITHUB
PIP AND CONDA PACKAGE MANAGEMENT
QUANTUM ESPRESSO, WANNIER90, PYSCF, AND ASE COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE PACKAGES
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CLUSTER EXPERIENCE
PROGRAMMING LIBRARIES - PYTHON, C++, JAVA, REACT
AWARDS
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
BEST STUDENT ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD IN CONDENSED MATTER
Prize awarded at 2022 NSBP Conference for presenting my research on the electronic structure of superatomic crystals by applying density functional theory and computational materials science methods
November 2022