Jennifer Clark
Senior Staff Scientist at Open Force Field Initiative
City of Corning, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJennifer Clark is a Senior Staff Scientist with eight years of experience translating molecular-scale science into robust simulation workflows and open-source software. She has a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a track record at NIST and NC State of developing parametrization tools (e.g., DESPASITO) and reproducible pipelines for LAMMPS, MDAnalysis, and electronic structure methods. Currently at the Open Force Field Initiative she streamlines quantum chemical data generation for transition metal complexes and builds archival systems for key datasets, while also supporting Matlantis and ASE-based workflows. Her work blends theoretical insight—such as clarifying solvation entropy/enthalpy trends and polymer hydration dynamics—with practical software engineering to make advanced simulation techniques accessible and reusable. Notably, she bridges fundamental research and production-ready tooling, enabling others to parameterize and analyze complex molecular systems with fewer experimental dependencies.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityAssociate of Science (A.S.), Chemical Engineering, Associate of Science (A.S.), Chemical Engineering at Monroe Community CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering at Clarkson University
Github Skills (55)
component-based10
simulation10
hierarchical10
molecular-simulation10
python10
simulations10
parameterization10
periodic10
computational-chemistry10
mdanalysis10
dynamics10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
eos10
science10
codata10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jaclark5/mapsci
Sep 2020 - Nov 2024
MAPSCI: Multipole Approach of Predicting and Scaling Cross Interactions
Contributions:1 release, 6 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 years 3 months
pytorchmultipoledeep-learningapproachmachine-learning
lammps/lammps-git-tutorial-2017
Aug 2017 - Feb 2024
OLD: GitHub Tutorial Repo for the LAMMPS workshop 2017 (DEMO ONLY)
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 issue in 6 years 8 months
lammpsgithub-tutorialworkshop
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