Christopher Von Bargen
Vice President at Schrödinger
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Von Bargen is a science-driven technology leader with 11 years of experience translating advanced chemistry and computational science into product and organizational impact at Schrödinger, where he advanced from Senior Scientist to Vice President. Based in New York, he combines a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a BE in Chemical Engineering from Cooper Union to lead cross-functional teams that bridge research, software, and commercialization. His career blends hands-on R&D (including a staff scientist stint at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) with strategic leadership in computational drug discovery and molecular simulation platforms. Known for promoting rigorous, reproducible science inside product development, he brings both deep domain expertise and operational experience scaling technical teams. An uncommonly technical executive, he still draws on bench-to-code insight to align scientific priorities with customer-facing software.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (26)
python10
rdkit10
cheminformatics10
chemistry8
unit-testing8
testing8
feature-extraction8
fingerprint7
similarity7
searching7
gpu6
thrust6
scales6
pytest6
cuda5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cdvonbargen/sketcher
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
Schrödinger 2D Sketcher
Contributions:369 pushes, 41 branches in 1 month
cdvonbargen/rdkit
Oct 2018 - Sep 2024
The official sources for the RDKit library
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 6 years
rdkitsystems-programmingsourcestoolkit
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