Liam Longo
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolLiam Longo is a specially appointed associate professor and computational biophysicist based in Tokyo with a decade of experience bridging academic research and open-source software development. Trained with a PhD in Molecular Biophysics from Florida State University and postdoctoral work in ancestral protein reconstruction and design at Weizmann, he blends deep domain expertise in protein evolution with practical coding skills. His open-source contributions span tools used by power users—improving Emacs modal editing, a command-line journaling app, and a research-focused PDF viewer—highlighting a knack for stability, cross-environment usability, and developer ergonomics. Currently affiliated with ELSI and the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, he focuses on research that intersects planetary-scale questions and molecular design. Colleagues appreciate that he moves smoothly between low-level bug fixes and conceptual scientific problems, often surfacing subtle usability issues like fullwidth CJK terminal handling that others miss.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (21)
c-language10
python10
pdf10
refactor10
emacs-lisp10
modal-dialog10
command-line10
modal-windows10
error-handling10
refactoring10
cprogramming-language10
testing9
debug9
debugging9
pdf-viewer9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
meow-edit/meow
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Yet another modal editing on Emacs / 猫态编辑
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 45 commits, 36 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Liam primarily contributed to the Meow editing project by fixing bugs and refactoring code related to the core functionality of the Emacs modal editing system. Their work involved addressing issues in keyboard macro handling, beacon mode behavior, and thing selection features. They also made code style improvements and removed unused functions to enhance the codebase. These changes directly relate to improving the core features and stability of the modal editing experience within Emacs.
text-editingmodalspacemacsmodal-editingemacs
jrnl-org/jrnl
Dec 2019 - Jan 2021
Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 8 PRs, 58 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Liam primarily contributed to improving the `jrnl` command-line journal application. Their work involved fixing title splitting logic, addressing keychain errors, creating directories if they didn't exist, and creating journal files with absolute paths. Furthermore, they added tags to JSON and XML exporters, enhancing the application's export capabilities. They also addressed issues related to fullwidth CJK terminals, demonstrating a focus on improving usability across different environments.
notespythonjournal-applicationcollectnote-taking
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