Jianhan Chen
Professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJianhan Chen is a professor and computational biophysicist with 15 years of academic experience studying molecular behavior through computational chemistry and biophysics. Based at UMass Amherst after a decade at Kansas State and formative research at Scripps, he combines deep theoretical training (PhD in Chemical and Materials Physics from UC Irvine) with hands-on simulation and modeling expertise. His work bridges fundamental physical chemistry and biological systems, translating complex molecular phenomena into predictive computational insights. Known for mentoring students and building interdisciplinary collaborations, he brings both long-term academic leadership and practical research acumen to computational problems. An international scholar trained in China and the U.S., he maintains a research-driven agenda that frequently explores nonobvious mechanistic hypotheses about biomolecular function.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
1998, Chemistry, 1998, Chemistry at University of Science and Technology of ChinaPutian No.1 Middle SchoolUniversity of California, Irvine
Github Skills (56)
jquery-plugin10
hotel-booking10
rails-app10
passenger10
datetimepicker10
twilio10
timepicker9
jquery9
rails9
feed9
job-application9
interaction9
datepicker9
ruby-on-rails8
usb8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
umts/chef-bib
Mar 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 6 years 10 months
umts/dev-training-web
Mar 2022 - Jul 2026
Sinatra application for setting up a developer training tracking repo
Contributions:154 reviews, 214 PRs, 276 pushes in 4 years 3 months
sinatrasettingrailstraining-trackingruby
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