Alec Heckert
Software Engineer at Eikon Therapeutics
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlec Heckert is a software engineer with 11 years of experience who blends a PhD-level background in super-resolution single particle tracking with production software development for scientific automation. He has built hybrid Python/C++ packages, interactive labeling tools, and simulation frameworks to support high-throughput microscopy workflows, and currently applies that expertise at D. E. Shaw Research after leading algorithm development at Eikon Therapeutics. Alec’s work spans Bayesian machine learning, modern computer vision, and practical systems integration—turning advanced research methods into robust, reproducible pipelines for diverse robotic imaging platforms. Notably, he created open-source tools during his PhD that became the main tracking software in his lab, reflecting a habit of shipping research-quality code that other scientists adopt. Based in New York, he excels at translating cross-disciplinary scientific problems into scalable software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology / Chemical Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology / Chemical Biology at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry / Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry / Biochemistry at University of Washington, Seattle
Github Skills (9)
graphic9
particle9
molecule9
pipeline7
user-interface6
simulate5
aggregate5
python3
simulation3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alecheckert/emdiff
Nov 2020 - Feb 2024
Maximum likelihood and variational Bayes analysis of single particle tracking data
Contributions:4 PRs, 39 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 3 months
alecheckert/sargasso
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
Experiments in packaging/distributing C++/Python projects using pybind11 and external libraries
Contributions:18 PRs, 113 pushes, 18 branches in 2 years 2 months
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