Giovanni Bussi
Full Professor at SISSA
Trieste, Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Italy
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Top SchoolGiovanni Bussi is a Full Professor at SISSA with over 15 years of experience combining theoretical physics and molecular simulation to unravel nucleic acid structure and dynamics. Trained in ab initio optical properties and seasoned by postdoctoral work with Michele Parrinello at ETH Zurich, he focuses on rare-event sampling, enhanced molecular dynamics algorithms, and integrating simulations with experimental data. He leads an ERC-funded research group on RNA modeling and is a core developer of PLUMED, a widely used open-source C++ library for enhanced sampling. His contributions include improving C/Fortran interoperability and typesafe C wrappers to make high-performance simulation tools more robust and accessible. Based in Trieste, he blends deep academic rigor with practical software engineering to push both methodological and computational boundaries. An understated strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency—bridging quantum calculations, statistical mechanics, and scalable code development.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Physics, Ph.D., Physics at Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio EmiliaLiceo Scientifico Wiligelmo
Italian, English
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Github Skills (7)
fortran10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
api-design9
error-handling9
build-system8
performance-optimization7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
plumed/plumed2
Apr 2011 - Jan 2023
Development version of plumed 2
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:57 releases, 96 reviews, 6572 commits in 11 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Giovanni contributed to the development of the PLUMED2 project, a C++ library for molecular dynamics simulations. Their work included enhancements to the Fortran interface for communication between C and Fortran code, the development of new typesafe C wrappers, and fixing compiler warnings. The contributions reflect a focus on improving the usability and robustness of the library's underlying infrastructure, including both C++ and Fortran interfaces.
minecraftmolecular-dynamicsc-plus-plusfree-energyplugin
plumed/conda
Jul 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:3 reviews, 150 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 2 months
gromacslammpsrecipescondawip
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