Elihu Ihms
Staff Scientist, Data Science & Automation
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolElihu Ihms is a Staff Scientist in Data Science & Automation with 11 years of experience applying computational and engineering skills to early‑phase biopharmaceutical R&D at NIAID, where he leads a team integrating end-to-end product campaign data and builds high-throughput process and analytical technologies. He co-founded Steel Snowflake LLC to produce scientific software tools—like MESMER for structural biology and SLAM, an open LIMS—demonstrating an uncommon blend of hands-on lab expertise and production software design. His background spans formulation development, laboratory automation, and environmental chemistry, anchored by a PhD in Biophysics and practical electromechanical training. Comfortable at the interface of physics and biology, he specializes in turning heterogeneous experimental data into actionable insights that accelerate vaccine and therapeutic development.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (M.S.), Biochemistry, Master's degree (M.S.), Biochemistry at Texas A&M UniversityBachelor's degree, Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Chemistry at Indiana Wesleyan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biophysics at The Ohio State UniversityElectromechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering at Lincoln Land Community College
Github Skills (17)
prediction-model9
splines9
discrete-event-simulation8
crossword8
simulator7
simulation7
thermodynamics7
agent-based-modeling7
modelica7
modeling7
django5
python4
mask3
django-rest-framework3
filtering3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
elihuihms/itcsimlib
Nov 2015 - Feb 2022
A statistical thermodynamics isothermal titration calorimeter simulator
Contributions:1 release, 29 commits, 4 PRs in 6 years 4 months
crosswordisothermalsplinesagent-based-modelingstatistical
steelsnowflake/slam
Dec 2015 - Feb 2022
A PHP MySQL client that provides easy and customizable lab asset tracking and data storage
Contributions:4 PRs, 22 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 3 months
mysqlcqlphpmysql-clientdata-storage
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