Mallory Tollefson
Business And Software Development Project Manager at OpenFold
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolMallory Tollefson is a computational biochemist and project manager with 12 years of experience translating AI-driven molecular modeling and HPC research into open-source impact. She leads strategy, partnerships, and technical execution for OpenFold and OpenADMET at the Open Molecular Software Foundation, coordinating scientists, engineers, and industry stakeholders to accelerate accessible, transparent biological modeling. With a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa and a background as a graduate researcher and faculty instructor, she blends deep domain expertise with practical program management. Mallory’s strength is bridging cutting-edge model development with community-building—she focuses on making complex molecular discovery tools usable by broader scientific and industrial audiences. An Iowa City–based leader, she often operates at the intersection of research reproducibility, scalable compute, and collaborative open-science infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Minor in Computer Science, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Minor in Computer Science, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Iowa - College of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (8)
genes10
biophysics9
genomics9
bioinformatics9
computational-biology9
thermodynamics9
molecular-simulation8
database6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mallory-tollefson/jopenmm-1
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:35 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 2 months
wtollefson/dvd-structures
Jan 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:29 commits, 4 PRs, 26 pushes in 3 years 2 months
genomicsbioinformaticsgenesdatabasevariation
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