Maxx Tessmer
Sr. Computational Chemistry Research Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaxx Tessmer is a senior computational chemistry research scientist with a decade of experience applying biophysical and molecular modeling techniques to probe protein structure, conformational dynamics, and ligand interactions. He develops and applies computational methods for proteins, peptides, and non-canonical or covalently modified ligands, and is the author of chiLife, a Python package for integrative protein modeling. His work spans academia and industry, from elucidating a bacterial cytotoxin activation mechanism during his PhD to modeling de novo designed protein conformational switches in collaboration with UW’s IPD. Now at Genesis Therapeutics, he combines rigorous EPR- and computation-driven insight with software engineering to accelerate therapeutic discovery. Based in Seattle, he brings a rare blend of experimental biophysics, method development, and open-source tooling that enables practical advances in biomedical design.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbiology, General, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbiology, General at Medical College of WisconsinBachelor of Science - BS, Microbiology and Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Microbiology and Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Github Skills (49)
spin10
molecular-simulation10
simulations10
forge10
dynamics10
proteins10
labeling9
simulation9
pymol9
python9
computational-chemistry9
molecular-dynamics-simulation9
bioinformatics9
science9
conda8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StollLab/chiLife
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
Python package for site-directed spin labeling of proteins
Contributions:319 commits, 225 PRs, 530 pushes in 10 months
proteinspythonlabelingbioinformaticsdirected
StollLab/chiLife_rotlibs
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Rotamer libraries for chiLife
Contributions:1 PR, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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