Richard Apodaca
Founder at Metamolecular, LLC
California, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Apodaca is a founder and scientist with 15 years of experience building software and chemistry-driven products from lab bench to market. He transitioned from a Principal Scientist role at Johnson & Johnson—where his leadership helped secure 12 issued patents and advance a compound into human clinical trials—to founding Metamolecular, a bootstrapped company focused on enabling scientific discovery through better mobile and web applications. Comfortable spanning user interface design and full-stack JavaScript development as well as deep organic and medicinal chemistry, he blends rigorous academic training (Ph.D. and postdoc) with practical product delivery. Based in California, Richard uniquely pairs hands-on coding and UX sensibility with domain expertise in drug discovery, making him adept at translating complex scientific workflows into usable software.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Chemistry, B.S., Chemistry at University of California, BerkeleyPh.D., Organic Chemistry, Ph.D., Organic Chemistry at The University of Texas at AustinPostdoc, Organic Chemistry, Postdoc, Organic Chemistry at Stanford University
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Github contributions (5)
FRCTeam2984/website-old2
Nov 2017 - May 2018
Website source for FRC Team 2984
Contributions:51 PRs, 98 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
frcreact
metamolecular/gamma
Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
A graph library for Rust.
Contributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 22 pushes in 7 months
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