Jacob Tande
Research Computing Architect & Solutions Developer at North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Tande is a Research Computing Architect and Solutions Developer with 15 years of experience bridging high-performance computing, interdisciplinary research, and scientific software development. Trained as a computational chemist with a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, he combines deep domain expertise in structural biology and physics with practical skills in designing cyberinfrastructure and cloud-native research platforms. He has led deployment and operationalization of research-grade systems—from JupyterHub on Kubernetes to multi-institutional Science-DMZ networks—while advising teams on personnel and computing architectures for large projects. Jacob excels at translating complex scientific requirements into maintainable infrastructure and standards, having developed service catalogs, deployment procedures, and incident/change management adapted for research computing. Based in Raleigh, NC, he is known for serving as a trusted campus and community liaison on CI initiatives and for applying hands-on HPC and simulation experience to inform infrastructure choices. A scientist-turned-architect, he uniquely pairs algorithmic understanding of computational chemistry with practical implementation of research IT solutions.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Physical Chemistry; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleBSc, Chemistry/Chemical process technology, BSc, Chemistry/Chemical process technology at University of BueaMS, Physical Chemistry: Computational Chemistry, MS, Physical Chemistry: Computational Chemistry at East Tennessee State University
French
Github Skills (40)
simulation9
stable9
sensitivity-analysis9
sbml9
modelica9
snl-applications8
numerical7
petsc7
multiphysics7
scientific-computing7
shell7
julia6
automation6
linux6
bash6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gcrnet/gcrnet.github.io
Jun 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 380 pushes in 2 years 1 month
jtande/jupyterhub
Jul 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:78 pushes, 6 branches, 2 comments in 2 years 7 months
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