Dante Avalos
Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDante Avalos is a research scientist with nine years of hands-on experience purifying and biophysically characterizing proteins, now continuing his PhD work in the Drennan Lab at MIT after completing graduate training in biophysics at Harvard. He brings deep expertise in structural biology and single-molecule techniques developed across projects at Cornell, New Mexico State, and Harvard, including high-resolution crystallography of metal-binding proteins and development of nonperturbative fluorescent DNA-labeling methods. Based in Cambridge, MA, Dante combines rigorous experimental design with collaborative interdisciplinary work—bridging chemistry, physics, and biology—to probe protein–DNA interactions and transition-metal binding mechanisms. An uncommon thread in his background is formal study of Korean language and literature, reflecting broader intellectual curiosity that complements his technical rigor.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry at New Mexico State UniversityPh.D Biophysics, Ph.D Biophysics at Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and SciencesKorean Language and Literature, Korean Language and Literature at Yeungnam University
Github Skills (27)
reduction10
spin10
hierarchical10
weighted10
fuzzy-logic10
sympy9
astronomy9
cosmology9
simulation9
python9
orbital-mechanics9
high-energy-physics9
physics9
mechanics9
astrodynamics9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
10220/scri
Feb 2019 - Apr 2021
Python/numba code for manipulating time-dependent functions of spin-weighted spherical harmonics
Contributions:2 PRs, 321 pushes, 83 branches in 2 years 1 month
pythontime-dependentnumbaharmonicsspherical-harmonics
10220/personal_utils
Jun 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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