Brian Radak
Principal Scientist at Unnatural Products Inc.
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Radak is a Principal Scientist with 11+ years of experience specializing in computer-aided drug design, biophysics, molecular simulation, and high-performance computing. He builds physics-based modeling and statistical analysis workflows to accelerate small-molecule discovery, frequently deploying academic and open-source tools where commercial packages fall short. His career spans industry and national lab environments—from Theta early science work at Argonne to leading discovery efforts at Roivant and applied roles at TandemAI—blending deep theory with production-facing computational platforms. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he consults on challenging problems like predicting hetero-bifunctional degrader potency and is focused on the next generation of CADD tools, bringing both research rigor and practical engineering to drug discovery.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemical Physics at University of MinnesotaBachelor of Arts - BA Chemistry and Integrated Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Chemistry and Integrated Science at Northwestern University
Github Skills (8)
simulation10
topology10
physics10
molecular-simulation10
simulator10
lammps9
eta9
python7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
radakb/pynamd
Dec 2016 - Nov 2022
Python Tools for NAMD
Contributions:2 reviews, 37 commits, 7 PRs in 6 years
pythonetanamdpython-toolspack
radakb/ParmEd
Apr 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
physicssimulationmolecularparametersimulator
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