Nathan Mahynski
Principal AI Scientist at Altamira Technologies Corporation
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolNathan Mahynski is a Principal AI Scientist with nine years of experience building AI/ML and molecular simulation tools that translate complex science into operational solutions for intelligence, space, and defense partners. He moved from a research career at NIST—where he led a chemical informatics group and developed simulation code and ML pipelines for materials authentication, colloidal self-assembly, and fluid property prediction—to applied AI work at Altamira. Holding a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton with NSF support and a certificate in Computational and Information Science, he blends deep computational thermodynamics expertise with practical software engineering. Nathan routinely partners with domain experts to accelerate discovery and decision-making through data-driven analytics and bespoke modeling toolchains. Notably, his background spans both fundamental soft-matter research and production-grade AI systems, enabling him to bridge theory, code, and mission needs. Based in State College, PA, he brings interdisciplinary rigor and an aptitude for turning nuanced scientific problems into deployable technical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering, 2010, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering, 2010 at Purdue UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering at Princeton University
Github Skills (20)
meta-learning9
hyperparameter-tuning8
automated-machine-learning8
feature-selection8
feature-engineering7
automl6
python6
scikit-learn5
hyperparameter-optimization5
machine-learning5
scikit5
data-science4
jekyll-theme3
jekyll3
ruler3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mahynski/mahynski
Feb 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:352 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
mahynski/chemometric-carpentry
May 2024 - Jan 2025
A course in chemometric (data) carpentry.
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 568 pushes in 7 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.