Colton Hicks
PhD Candidate In Theoretical Chemistry
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolColton Hicks is a PhD candidate in theoretical chemistry at Stanford and a nine-year software engineering veteran who builds cloud-native, high-performance systems that accelerate molecular design. He blends deep wet-lab experience (HPLC, LC-MS, high-throughput liquid handlers) with production-grade engineering—Python, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, Django, React, and distributed compute—to bridge experimental workflows and scalable data platforms. At Stanford he leads next-generation cloud and big-data tools for quantum chemistry and was previously a senior engineer architecting ETL and distributed systems at Q Bio and automated trading infrastructure executing hundreds of millions in trades. His background founding research-focused startups and contributing software to clinical and economic research teams gives him a rare mix of entrepreneurship, domain fluency, and reproducible-science practices. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on turning complex scientific problems into deployable, auditable pipelines and models that materially speed discovery.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry at Stanford UniversityResearch in macroeconomics and clinical psychology. Coursework in mathematics and psychology., Research in macroeconomics and clinical psychology. Coursework in mathematics and psychology. at Harvard UniversityBrigham Young University-IdahoBS Molecular Biology; BS Business Management (Strategy); Minor Economics, 4.0, BS Molecular Biology; BS Business Management (Strategy); Minor Economics, 4.0 at Brigham Young University
Spanish
Github Skills (200)
fastapi10
parser10
python10
json-schema10
django-framework10
swagger10
python-client10
asgi10
pip10
pydantic10
openapi10
python-development10
async10
django10
validation10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
coltonbh/qcio
Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
A package for structured Quantum Chemistry data.
Contributions:116 PRs, 293 pushes, 122 branches in 2 years
mtzgroup/tcpb-client
Feb 2021 - Feb 2025
Python client for TeraChem's protobuf server mode
Contributions:11 reviews, 48 PRs, 97 pushes in 4 years
pythonprotobufpython-clientserver-modequantum-chemistry
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