Haochuan Chen
Research Programmer at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolHaochuan Chen is a research programmer with eight years of experience building and extending molecular simulation software, currently developing NAMD at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. With a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Nankai University and postdoctoral experience in France, he blends deep domain knowledge in physical chemistry with hands-on C++ back-end development for high-performance scientific tools. He contributes to prominent open-source projects such as PLUMED, where he implemented advanced biasing methods (eABF/DRR) for enhanced sampling, showing an ability to add core algorithmic features rather than just tooling. Based in Urbana, IL, he maintains an active research profile with publications indexed on Google Scholar and a GitHub that reflects both research-driven code and an unexpected poetic flair in his bio.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Analytical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Analytical Chemistry at Nankai University
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
cpp10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
cprogramming-language10
molecular-simulation10
cplus10
nonlinear-dynamics10
energy9
analyse8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
plumed/plumed2
Sep 2017 - Dec 2021
Development version of plumed 2
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:145 commits, 22 PRs, 46 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Haochuan implemented a new bias method, likely for enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics simulations, as evidenced by the "Implement eABF/DRR bias method" commit. This involved significant code changes to the `DRR.cpp` and `DRR.h` files, indicating the addition of core functionality related to extended adaptive biasing force or dynamic reference restraining. The changes also included updating related tools.
minecraftmolecular-dynamicsc-plus-plusfree-energyplugin
HanatoK/miscellaneous_scripts
Nov 2020 - Jun 2024
Contributions:102 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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