John Snider
Research Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Snider is a Research Assistant Professor and biomedical engineer with 11 years of experience spanning cardiovascular biomechanics, immunology, drug discovery, and cell biology. He earned a PhD from Vanderbilt studying serotonin receptor–mediated scar remodeling after myocardial infarction and has continued as a postdoc at Washington University applying mechanical analyses and animal models to cardiovascular disease. Skilled in scientific communication, mentoring, data analysis, and in vitro and in vivo techniques, he pairs rigorous bench science with clear presentation of complex results. He also contributes backend development expertise to open-source projects—fixing and refactoring C# server code for the Intersect Engine—demonstrating an uncommon blend of biomedical research and practical software troubleshooting. Based in Nashville, he brings cross-disciplinary problem solving that accelerates translational discovery.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at University of South Carolina
Github Skills (5)
debug10
game-development10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
game-engine9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
AscensionGameDev/Intersect-Engine
Jan 2015 - Dec 2022
Intersect provides a complete game development suite for creating 2d mmorpgs with no programming experience required!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:98 reviews, 1330 commits, 467 PRs in 8 years
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the Intersect Engine by fixing code issues related to project compilation, merging branches, and resolving bugs. Their work involved modifications across multiple files related to server code, including refactoring references, and implementing various bug fixes for login, logout, and events. The commits demonstrate expertise in C# and the structure of the Intersect Engine, which is a game development suite.
gamegamedevgame-developmentc-sharpgame-engine
AscensionGameDev/DarkUI
Mar 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes in 2 years 8 months
dotnetdockingnet-winformsdocking-librarydark-theme
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