Joe Harper
Scientist II at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Harper is a Scientist II and computational organic chemist with a PhD and nine years of experience combining reaction design, mechanistic elucidation, and free energy calculations with practical synthetic skills including continuous flow experimentation. Based at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he brings a rare blend of high-performance computing and Linux/Bash expertise (7+ years) to quantify structure–activity relationships and develop pharmacophores that inform experimental campaigns. He has taught advanced organic lab courses, served in academic leadership roles, and recently expanded into AI/ML to accelerate computational chemistry workflows. Outside the lab he composes music and plays electric guitar, and his interest in scuba diving reflects a methodical, exploratory mindset that complements his interdisciplinary research approach.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Organic Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Organic Chemistry at Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at University of Idaho
Github Skills (16)
nodejs10
javascript10
react10
css9
codebase8
math8
mongodb7
certification6
docker6
python6
asp-net1
banking1
mvc1
asp-net-mvc1
api1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jcisneros01/OSUHackathonApp
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:61 commits, 2 PRs, 48 pushes in 8 days
disruptdockereducation-project
jcisneros01/CS362-004-W2018
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:35 commits, 16 pushes, 13 branches in 2 months
winterengineeringecampusdistance
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