Andreas Tillack
Research Programmer IV at Scripps Research
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndreas Tillack is a Research Programmer IV at Scripps Research with nine years of experience bridging quantum and statistical mechanics with production-grade scientific software. He designs and implements high-performance tools for molecular modeling, including contributions to the widely used AutoDock Vina—fixing cross-compiler build issues, improving Windows support, and hardening parsing and versioning. Trained as a physicist and chemist (PhD, University of Washington; Diplom, Humboldt‑Universität), he built GPU-accelerated docking workflows that accelerate ligand screening for drug discovery. Known for deep theoretical insight and pragmatic engineering, he thrives on making complex numerical methods robust and deployable across platforms. Based in San Diego, he combines a lifelong passion for code with an affinity for organic systems, often surfacing subtle edge-case fixes that improve reliability in production.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry at University of WashingtonDiplom (Master of Science equivalent), Physics, Diplom (Master of Science equivalent), Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
English, German, French
Github Skills (8)
windows10
c-language10
clangd10
cprogramming-language10
makefile10
clang10
build-automation9
boost8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ccsb-scripps/AutoDock-Vina
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
AutoDock Vina
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Build & Release Engineer
Back-end Developer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:18 reviews, 30 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Andreas contributed to the AutoDock Vina project by fixing compilation issues for the Clang compiler and making improvements to the build process for Windows, including the creation of a batch script. They also addressed issues with Windows-specific parsing of PDBQT files and integrated a GitHub commit string into the version string. Furthermore, the user made minor code cleanup changes.
autodock
atillack/AutoDock-GPU
Jun 2020 - Apr 2026
AutoDock for GPUs using OpenCL
Contributions:238 pushes, 40 branches in 5 years 10 months
autodockopencl
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