Morten Ledum
Senioringeniør at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolMorten Ledum is a senior software engineer and research-focused technologist with 11 years of experience building tools for theoretical chemistry at the Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences in Oslo. With a PhD in theoretical chemistry and a strong foundation in computational physics and applied mathematics, he bridges domain science and software engineering to enable collaboration and reproducible research. He has progressed from teaching and research internships to leading engineering work that supports quantum molecular science workflows. Comfortable with both academic and engineering environments, he brings deep domain knowledge to practical tooling—making complex computational methods accessible to researchers. An understated strength is his history of developing pedagogy and student assignments, reflecting a talent for translating advanced concepts into usable learning and software resources.
11 years of coding experience
Phd, Theoretical Chemistry, Phd, Theoretical Chemistry at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)University of Oslo
Github Skills (36)
sourceforge9
physics9
chemistry9
quantum-computing8
unit-test8
python8
journal7
open-access7
creative-commons6
logistic-regression6
unsupervised-learning6
support-vector-machine6
fortran6
random-forest5
dynamics5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mortele/variational-monte-carlo-fys4411
Jan 2016 - Mar 2020
Example class structure for use in FYS4411: Quantum mechanical systems at UiO.
Contributions:25 commits, 3 PRs, 24 pushes in 4 years 3 months
mechanicalquantumuioquantum-computingc-plus-plus
Cascella-Group-UiO/HyMD
Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
Massively parallel hybrid particle-field molecular dynamics in Python.
Contributions:8 releases, 5 reviews, 319 commits in 1 year 7 months
pythonhybrid-particle-fieldcoarse-grainedchemistryphysics
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