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.
Work and school experience
Real experience and relative 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 second year Phd student studying theoretical/computational biophysics at duke in Dr. David Beratan’s lab.
Some of my projects
A brief list of some of my current or favorite projects.
Current Chemistry Research
I have recently affiliated with the Beratan Lab at Duke. Starting this research journey we are looking into the mechanisms of electron transport in anaerobic bacteria. While still looking for a research question, I have been broadening my horizons by reading amounts and taking classes. One proof of this is a recent mini-review of symmetry-adapted perturbation theory, which is available by request.
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.
Contact Me
You can contact me any of the following ways:
- Email: opportunities@andrewsmith.digital
- The form to the right
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Chemistry skills
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).
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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