Blake Wilson
Assistant Professor Of Chemistry at University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolBlake Wilson is an interdisciplinary scientist and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at USC with nine years of post-degree research experience and seventeen years working at the interface of chemistry, biology, and physics. He specializes in magnetic resonance, optics, and terahertz/microwave techniques to probe protein behavior and biomolecular condensation, combining instrumentation development (including high-power pulsed EPR at 240 GHz) with time-resolved solid-state NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization. His background spans MIT undergraduate RF and gyrotron engineering to leading free-electron-laser–based experiments at UCSB, giving him uncommon hands-on expertise in both experimental hardware and computational analysis. Blake’s work aims to translate fundamental spin and accelerator physics into tools for understanding health-relevant biomolecules, and he brings a persistent curiosity for new ways to look at complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics at UC Santa Barbara
Github Skills (64)
genetic-algorithm10
molecular-simulation10
genetic10
simulation9
distributions9
sampling9
optimizer9
calibration9
molecular-dynamics-simulation9
parameter-estimation9
systems-biology9
open-access8
optimization8
python8
bayesian8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
blakeaw/GAlibrate
Jul 2019 - Nov 2022
Parameter estimation and model calibration using Genetic Algorithm optimization in Python.
Contributions:7 releases, 93 commits, 16 PRs in 3 years 4 months
pythongeneticoptimizationsimulated-annealingmachine-learning
blakeaw/pysb-pkpd
May 2023 - Mar 2025
PySB add-on providing domain-specific macros and models for empirical and mechanistic PK/PD modeling.
Contributions:8 releases, 14 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 10 months
mechanistic-modelingpharmacodynamicspharmacokineticspharmacometricspkpd
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