The meeting of chemical and computer science
With years of computer science, experience and a BS in chemistry bring unique interdisciplinary thinking to any project
Interdisciplinary thinking for an interconnected future
Interdisciplinary projects are the future. Through my training in chemistry and computer science, I am prepared to apply skills beyond just coding. These skills may be applying concepts from cheminformatics or organic chemistry.
Much of my current work has drawn inspiration from things I thought were unrelated. For instance relating electron transfer pathways to graphs to linear algebra. Another example is using the graph Laplacian to determine if an molecular dynamics simulation was set up correctly.
Work and school experience
Real experience and relevant knowledge
I have worked on a variety of different computer science projects (contact me for GitHub and links). additionally, I have been heavily involved in computer science since my Sophomore year of high school. Then I moved into web development and mobile development. Around this time also got into machine learning which was the subject of my junior year science fair. Since this, my projects have consistently grown more advanced.
Then I realized my coding skills could be applied to my passion for chemistry. In addition to my research in chemistry, I have thrived in my classes, maintaining a 3.99 undergraduate GPA. Beyond normal general education classes, I have taken difficult laboratory classes such as analytical chemistry lab, advanced inorganic lab, and advanced organic lab. These classes push students to be independent and develop good lab/research practices.
I recently finished a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Kentucky. Beyond the basic degree, I graduated with honors in chemistry for my involvement in undergraduate research. Also, I graduated with minors in computer science and math.
I am now a third year Phd student studying theoretical/computational biophysics at duke in Dr. David Beratan’s lab. I specialize in stochastic modeling for problems that are too large to study by traditional methods.
Some of my projects
A brief list of some of my current or favorite projects.
Current Chemistry Research
I am currently study electron transport on the micro-centimeter scale in cable bacteria and bacterial nanowires. My work focus on modeling using stochastic processes, molecular dynamics, and kinetic master equation models.
My primary focus is to answer the question: how does (if it does at all) electron transfer differ on the micro-centimeter scale differ from the typical nanometer scale.
Previous Research / Publications
I worked with the Risko group to develop experimentally data handling for the OCELOT project. I also developed programs to extract synthetic information from supporting information using natural language processing and machine reading.
I also worked on testing CLIFF and AP-Net models using SAPT0 calculations with the Sherril Group at Georgia Tech.
Chrome Extensions / Side projects
I have developed EZ-ER proxy as chrome extension to allow easy automated access to scientific literature.
While not my most polished work the Tab Search-inator is a chrome extension that is highly functional. I use it every day and it is my favorite passion project.
I also run all technology for the non-profit orbital test prep.
Honors and Presentations
I refer to this section as “honors” in part because each of the below have been a great honor, privilege, enjoyment to be able to partake in.
Fellowships
- NSF GRFP fellow
- Paul G Sears Scholar
- ADP Henry Taub Scholar
- Lester Scholar
- Provost Scholar
Presentations
- 2025 Metals in Biology GRC Poster
- 2024 Electron Donors and Acceptors GRS Speaker
- 2024 Electron Donors and Acceptors GRC Poster
- 2023 Biological Physics Summer School Soft Living Matter Poster
- 2020 Kentucky Academy of Sciences Poster
Graduate Course Work
Chemistry Skills
(select undergraduate course work)
Programming skills
Skills and course work
My diverse past work experience is listed below. To the left is a list of specific skills and course work (course work for CS and Math available on request).
- Research - Electron Transfer studies with Dr Beratan at Duke
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Research - Work with Dr. Risko at UKY CAER
(focus in computational chemistry/chemiformatics) - Georgia Tech NSF REU
- Private companies - Adapt LLC
- Universities - Carnegie Mellon CREATE lab
- Charity Work - Orbital Test Prep