Billy Mccann
Chemistry Teacher at Wyzant
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBilly Mccann is a computational chemist and experienced educator with 11 years blending hands-on teaching and advanced molecular modeling. With a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from Auburn University, he has driven software development and de novo ligand design at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, including integrating ligand-building algorithms into HostDesigner for rare-earth extraction. He currently teaches chemistry through Wyzant while bringing research-grade expertise in alchemical free energy calculations, force field parameterization, and computer-aided molecular design to curriculum and mentoring. Based in Knoxville, TN, he pairs academic rigor (summa cum laude B.S.) with practical lab and software experience, uniquely positioned to translate complex computational methods into accessible instruction and applied solutions.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Chemistry at Auburn UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, summa cum laude, Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, summa cum laude at Troy University
koine greek, English
Github Skills (24)
vim8
karabiner8
vim-plugin7
stow7
rebuild5
rust-language-server5
calculator4
molecule4
mass4
linux4
chemistry4
rust3
markdown3
neovim3
fortran3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
exergonic/research_utilities
Apr 2015 - Jun 2026
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 years 4 months
exergonic/scripts
Jan 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:9 pushes in 4 years 11 months
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