Ashley Mcdonald
Professor at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
California, United States
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Top SchoolAshley Mcdonald is a professor of chemistry at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where her research spans quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, molecular interactions, and computational drug design. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) and is a MERCURY Consortium member, reflecting leadership at the nexus of chemistry and software. A former chair of ACS COMP, she has helped guide the community in computational methods and education. She earned a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Georgia Tech in 2004. Based in California with eight years of experience, she combines rigorous theory with practical, software-enabled research that advances both scholarly understanding and drug-design initiatives.
8 years of coding experience
Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (25)
python-data10
scripting9
binder9
python8
chemistry8
netlify7
quantum-mechanics7
mechanics7
quantum-computing6
tesla6
journal6
open-access5
eda5
mercury5
calculator5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
basilbiochem/basil
Mar 2019 - Jul 2022
Contributions:97 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
MolSSI-Education/qm-tools
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
MolSSI Quantum Mechanics Tools workshop
Contributions:10 commits, 9 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year
quantum-mechanicsquantum-computingworkshopquantummechanics
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