Natalie Hawkins
Founder at Seattle Quantum Computing Meetup
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNatalie Hawkins is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 11+ years bridging research and production software across quantum computing, bioinformatics, and NLP. She currently mentors Qiskit projects and organizes the Seattle Quantum Computing Meetup, translating cutting-edge quantum algorithms like Quantum Circuit Born Machines into practical implementations. Her background spans disease modeling, systems-biology visualization, and HIV vaccine analytics, where she built tested Python/C++ toolchains such as libsbml_draw and contributed production code at IHME. Comfortable across Python, Java/Scala, R and legacy languages, she pairs statistical rigor from an MS in Biostatistics with a professional MS in Computer Science to tame complex scientific codebases. A certified quantum computing practitioner who scored 99% in MIT xPRO’s program, she blends deep domain knowledge with hands-on mentoring and technical review experience (25+ books). Unexpectedly, she’s also a licensed pilot, reflecting a persistent appetite for disciplined systems and precise control.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science Professional Masters Program, MS Computer Science Professional Masters Program at University of WashingtonAB Mathematics, AB Mathematics at University of ChicagoPrivate Pilot's License VFR, Private Pilot's License VFR at Chicago Flight School - Midway Airport, Chicago, ILCertificate in Quantum Computing - Parts I and II (scored 99%), Certificate in Quantum Computing - Parts I and II (scored 99%) at MIT xPRO
Spanish
Github Skills (30)
displays10
sdk10
hierarchical9
quantum-computing9
python8
layout8
quantum-programming-language8
sbml8
source-sdk8
qiskit8
hpc-applications7
parallelization6
documentation5
machine-learning4
pythonic4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nrhawkins/KBP2015-Slotfilling-Multir
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 714 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
nrhawkins/qnano
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
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