Justin Smith
Principal DevRel Manager - AI For Chemistry And Materials
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Smith is a Principal DevRel Manager at NVIDIA focused on accelerating AI for chemistry and materials, bringing 11 years of experience at the intersection of computational chemistry and machine learning. He earned a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry and has a strong track record developing GPU-optimized ML software for molecular dynamics and excited-state simulations. Justin has progressed from hands-on research roles at the University of Florida and Los Alamos National Laboratory to industry positions at Relay Therapeutics and NVIDIA, bridging scientific rigor with developer advocacy. He specializes in turning ab initio quantum data into practical ML-driven simulation tools and porting legacy scientific codes to GPU architectures. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex research into accessible developer resources and reproducible workflows for the computational materials community. Based in Boston, he combines deep domain expertise with product-minded DevRel leadership to grow adoption of AI methods in chemistry.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Mathematics; Minor in Chemistry, 3.79, B.S, Mathematics; Minor in Chemistry, 3.79 at University of MontevalloDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Chemistry, 3.72, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Chemistry, 3.72 at University of Florida
Github Skills (18)
python-interface10
ase9
million9
chemistry9
python8
cheminformatics8
data-set8
machine-learning7
neural-network6
quantum-mechanics4
molecular-simulation4
deep-learning3
pytorch3
materials-informatics2
quantum-chemistry2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Jussmith01/ANI-Tools
Jun 2017 - Aug 2022
Contributions:216 commits, 1 PR, 246 pushes in 5 years 3 months
Jussmith01/PycharmProjects
Aug 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:218 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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