Benjamin Braun
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Braun is a fourth-year physics undergraduate at the University of Colorado Boulder combining hands-on plasma accelerator research with computational genomics and machine learning experience. He develops plasma sources and diagnostics for wakefield acceleration while building algorithmic tools for large-scale genomic analyses and previously improved hyperspectral imaging with ML during a research stint in Munich. A proven leader, he founded the Colorado Undergraduate Physics Conference and now serves as president of CU's Society of Physics Students, while also supporting physics education as a learning assistant and tutor. Comfortable bridging experimental hardware, data-driven algorithms, and teaching, he brings nine years of technical experience, strong applied math skills, and an outdoorsy, musical curiosity that fuels creative problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
High School Diploma Engineering Focus, High School Diploma Engineering Focus at Air Academy High SchoolBachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (9)
abc6
side-bar5
computational-biology4
genetics4
bioinformatics3
obsidian3
javascript2
visualization2
pandoc2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Bennibraun/Two-Zooms-and-a-Boom
Aug 2020 - May 2022
An online implementation of two rooms and a boom
Contributions:4 PRs, 65 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 8 months
javascript
Bennibraun/bennibraun.github.io
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026
Contributions:1 review, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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