Aleks Lykhin
Computational Scientist - Data Security Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAleks Lykhin is a computational scientist and data security engineer with nine years of experience applying computational and quantum chemistry expertise to research-driven software challenges. Based in Chicago, he transitioned from postdoctoral research roles at major universities into a dual-focused role at the University of Chicago where he accelerates researcher code and hardens data workflows. Aleks combines deep domain knowledge from a PhD in Computational Chemistry with practical engineering—optimizing scientific code, enabling reproducible pipelines, and integrating security-minded practices in academic environments. He is comfortable translating complex theory into performant code and tooling that scales for collaborative research teams. Colleagues rely on him for both algorithmic insight and pragmatic software improvements that make intensive simulations and data sharing more reliable.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Chemistry at University of Nevada, RenoB.S., Physical Chemistry, B.S., Physical Chemistry at Siberian Federal University
Russian, English
Github Skills (26)
rcc9
development-environment8
editor8
typescript8
microsoft7
electron7
package-management7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
rstudio7
ide7
conda7
os-agnostic7
python7
visual-studio6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aolykhin/user-guide
Jan 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:52 pushes, 8 branches in 10 months
aolykhin/NA-TST
Sep 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:1 push, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
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