Dom Sirianni
Assistant Professor Of Chemistry at Westminster College (PA)
Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolDom Sirianni is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry with a PhD from Georgia Tech and over a decade of hands-on experience applying quantum chemistry and electronic structure theory to physical organic chemistry, structural biochemistry, and enzyme catalysis. He mentors undergraduates in computational research and builds reproducible, high-performance code—contributing to prominent open-source projects like Psi4 and Psi4NumPy by modernizing Python compatibility, improving documentation, and benchmarking performance-critical routines. His work bridges rigorous theory and practical computation, with a focus on how noncovalent interactions steer asymmetric catalysis. Comfortable managing research infrastructure as well as teaching, he combines systems administration experience with advanced method development, making him adept at translating complex electronic-structure concepts into usable tools and student-led projects.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physical Chemistry at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
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Github Skills (13)
computational-chemistry10
python10
documentation10
numpy10
performance-monitoring9
performance-measurement9
performance-monitor9
performance-analysis9
performance-analytics9
performance-tuning9
quantum-chemistry4
c-language4
cprogramming-language4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
psi4/psi4numpy
Nov 2016 - Nov 2018
Combining Psi4 and Numpy for education and development.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Data Scientist
Back-end Developer & Data ScientistContributions:153 commits, 20 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Dom primarily contributed to the educational and development aspects of the repository by incorporating timing features and illustrating the relative speeds of Einsum and pure Python loops for Fock matrix builds within the context of computational chemistry. They also worked on code conversion to Python 3 compatibility and making the code more accessible, as well as included the use of time tracking. The commits demonstrate a focus on performance optimization and code modernization within a scientific computing context.
pythonnumpypsipsi4scipy
psi4/psi4
Nov 2016 - May 2019
Open-Source Quantum Chemistry – an electronic structure package in C++ driven by Python
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:40 commits, 16 PRs, 42 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Dom primarily contributed to the project by correcting spelling and punctuation errors within the documentation. They also resolved sentence structure issues and made edits to improve clarity. Furthermore, the user added documentation for new functions and corrected the default argument values, indicating a focus on refining and enhancing the project's documentation.
physicschemistrypythonquantum-computingelectronic-structure
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