Charles Schmitt
Senior Scientist And Director, Office Of Data Science
Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolCharles Schmitt is a senior scientist and data-science leader with a Ph.D. in computer science and over two decades of experience applying computational, big data, and informatics technologies to life-sciences and environmental-health research. As Director of the Office of Data Science at NIEHS, he directs research and development of data-driven solutions and has steered institutional strategy toward computational and knowledge-driven science. Previously as CTO and Director of Informatics at RENCI he built teams, secured funding, and deployed cloud, HPC, NoSQL, and visualization systems for national-priority research problems. He blends deep technical practice—from software architecture and algorithms to distributed systems—with programmatic leadership across academia, government, and industry. Based in Pittsboro, NC, he pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on engineering experience dating back to early telecom and bioinformatics roles, making him adept at translating complex scientific needs into scalable computational solutions. A less obvious strength is his sustained track record of bridging research and operational delivery, moving prototypes into production-grade infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (1)
database3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
schmittcp/systematic_review_eval
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
NIEHS/systematic_review_eval_nist2018
Feb 2019 - Feb 2022
Contributions:1 branch in 3 years
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