Senior Reserch Scientist Resume

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Posted on: 2011-09-07

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Resume:

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Experience:

Senior Research Scientist Oct. -to date

Spectral Associates, San Diego CA

 

&#; Project manager and key developer to a quantum chemistry code development project sponsored by the US Department of Energy.

 

Off-Site Consultant, Oct. October

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.

&#; Investigate the possibility of designingphotoactive protein devices.

 

Lecturer, Sept. to

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
&#; Taught General Chemistry lecture and lab sequence (I, II, and III) for both chemistry/science majors and engineers.

&#; Provided academic advising for students.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sept. to August

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.

&#; Developed, coded and applied a fully quantum, first-principles multi-electronic state molecular dynamics code.

&#; Interfaced proprietary molecular dynamics codes with commercial ab initio and semi-empirical electronic structure programs.

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, May to Sept.

University of Illinois and the Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL.

&#; Coded a multi-electronic state molecular dynamics code and interfaced it with NAMD: a parallel, object-oriented molecular dynamics code designed for high-performance simulation of large bio-molecular systems.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sept. to May

University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.

&#; Developed and derived theoretical and computational tools for modeling ultra-fast x-ray and electron diffraction patterns.

Graduate Student, Sept. to Sept.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

&#; Studied solvent effects on bimolecular reactions using molecular dynamics simulations and reduced dimensionality analytical models.

 

 

Education:The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
Ph.D. in Physical/Theoretical Chemistry

 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel

B.Sc. in Chemistry
 

 

Skills:&#; Expert programmer in fortran, fortran and C.

&#; Excellent Python and Perl scripting skills.

&#; Expert user of SVN and other code repository systems.

&#; An experienced user of the Unix, Linux and Windows computer platforms.

&#; Well versed with commonly used quantum chemistry software: Jaguar, Gaussian, MolPro and MOPAC.

&#; Proficient with computer software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

&#; In-depth knowledge of numerous numerical methods, including, but not limited to, integration algorithms, Fourier transforms and spectral methods, random numbers and Monte Carlo methods, vector/matrix algebra, and large eigen-systems.

&#; Adept at modeling complex systems using mathematical models.

&#; Excellent science writing and editing skills: Co-author of peer-reviewed papers, first author of of them, and three invited book chapters.

&#; Proficient with the writing, submission and review process of federal grants proposals.

&#; Excellent preparation and presentation skills for both semi-popular and quantitative science seminars.

&#; Able to work and collaborate in a multi-disciplinary environment that includes chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biophysicists and computer scientists.

 

Honors: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship (-)
Rothchild Postdoctoral Fellowship (-)
Fritz Haber Award ()

Charles Clore Fellowship (-)

Rector’s Award, The Hebrew University ()
Dean’s Award, Faculty of Sciences The Hebrew University ( & )

 

 

References: Available upon request.

Status: US citizen.