Jackson Elk
Drug Discovery Group at Schrödinger
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJackson Elk is a drug discovery engineer and data-savvy software developer with 11 years of experience bridging structural biology, protein biochemistry, and physics-based computational drug discovery. Based in Portland, he combines dual MS degrees in Biophysics/Biochemistry and Computational Chemistry with hands-on data engineering at Schrödinger, building microservices, visualization tools, and single-page apps to accelerate scientific workflows. He has a track record of translating complex literature and simulation data into actionable models and published work in Langmuir and Science. Earlier roles range from rebuilding tribal CRM systems and teaching IT courses to building AR prototypes and neuroinformatics tools, reflecting a rare mix of bench science and full-stack engineering. Jackson’s strength is pairing high-performance computation and statistical mechanics intuition with practical software delivery, enabling experimentalists and modelers to speak the same language. He also maintains an applied data-science focus at Schrödinger, turning domain knowledge into production-ready analytics.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at CarlmontPre-Engineering, Pre-Engineering at Foothill CollegeBachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry at University of MontanaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Portland State UniversityMaster’s Degree, Chemistry, Master’s Degree, Chemistry at UC Santa Cruz
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Github Skills (36)
google-maps8
coinbase-api8
maps6
react6
stock6
react-native6
expressjs6
android5
webpack5
artifacts5
rails5
ios5
javascript4
nodejs4
api4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jchiefelk/ITEC-430
Nov 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:174 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
jchiefelk/jchiefelk.github.io
Dec 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:153 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 6 months
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