Nestor Aguirre
Scientific Software Developer at Software for Chemistry & Materials
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolNestor Aguirre is a Scientific Software Developer and computational chemist with 14 years of experience building and applying scientific software for chemistry and materials research. Based in Amsterdam, he brings a strong academic foundation—BS and MS from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid—combined with postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory and academic research roles in Spain. Since 2019 he has translated advanced computational methods into production-ready tools at Software for Chemistry & Materials, bridging theory, high-performance code, and end-user workflows. He is fluent in turning complex simulations into reproducible software pipelines and has a track record of working across international research teams and multidisciplinary projects. Colleagues value him for combining rigorous scientific insight with pragmatic software engineering to make computational chemistry methods accessible and maintainable.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physical Chemistry at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
English, Spanish
Github Skills (29)
simulations10
latte10
simulation9
fuel9
modelica8
python8
concurrent7
parallel-processing7
automation7
recursive7
multithreading7
gradient6
solver6
parallel6
concurrency5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nfaguirrec/piamod
Dec 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:1 release, 13 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 7 months
nfaguirrec/M3C-store
Apr 2019 - Feb 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 21 pushes, 2 tags in 4 years 11 months
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