Glen Maclachlan
Cyberinfrastructure Specialist at The George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolGlen Maclachlan is a Cyberinfrastructure Specialist with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating high-performance computing (HPC) systems for research and higher education at The George Washington University. His career progressed through technical and leadership roles—from Senior HPC Specialist to Lead HPC Engineer and adjunct faculty—demonstrating deep domain knowledge in supporting computational science workflows and teaching practical HPC skills. He pairs a PhD in Experimental Nuclear Physics with extensive systems engineering experience, enabling him to translate complex scientific requirements into robust, scalable compute infrastructure. Based in Washington, DC, Glen is adept at bridging academic research needs with production-grade cyberinfrastructure, often working at the intersection of user support, system design, and policy. Colleagues know him for elevating campus research capabilities through pragmatic engineering and a long-term commitment to institutional computing.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Exp Nuclear Physics, PhD, Exp Nuclear Physics at Ohio UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at The University of Connecticut
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Github Skills (77)
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Github contributions (5)
bindatype/GameOfLife
Feb 2018 - Jan 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
bindatype/scheduler_DES
Jun 2021 - Dec 2023
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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