Jonathan Tinkham
Affiliate Lecturer
Arvada, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Tinkham is a software engineer and educator with 13 years of experience blending research-driven problem solving and production-grade graphics software. With a PhD in Chemistry from UMass Amherst and postdoctoral work on organic semiconductors, he brings deep domain knowledge in materials and photonics to roles spanning embedded and graphics systems at Qualcomm and software engineering at FICO. He has moved between academia and industry—now teaching as an Affiliate Lecturer—while delivering low-level graphics implementations and tooling as a senior/staff engineer. Based in Arvada, Colorado, he pairs experimental rigor with practical engineering, making him effective at translating complex scientific concepts into performant software. An uncommon strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency: from automated hardware test systems to shader and driver-level graphics work, he thrives where research meets production.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BS) Chemistry at University of VermontDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemistry at University of Massachusetts Amherst
English
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Github Skills (101)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sctincman/PKGBUILDs
Jun 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:66 commits, 36 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 3 months
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sctincman/cljs-game
Dec 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:45 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
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