Robert Blackwell
Software Engineer at Simons Foundation
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Blackwell is a software engineer at the Simons Foundation with 11 years of experience transitioning from computational physics and biophysics research into high-performance scientific software. He combines deep expertise in HPC, simulation, statistical model building, and model optimization with a strong focus on algorithmic problem solving and production-grade code. His background as an ex-physicist and postdoc in Germany gives him uncommon fluency in both research-driven modeling and pragmatic software engineering. Based in New York, he thrives on turning complex numerical challenges into efficient, maintainable systems for scientific computing.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics at University of Colorado Boulder
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Github Skills (186)
python10
forge10
approximation10
fourier-transform10
protein-sequences10
matlab10
eigen10
uniform10
conda10
function-approximation10
language-modeling10
simulation10
tree-search10
dimensions10
transform10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
flatironinstitute/baobzi
Dec 2021 - Nov 2022
An adaptive fast function approximator based on tree search
Contributions:4 releases, 5 reviews, 223 commits in 11 months
cppcmakematlabeigenmsgpack
flatironinstitute/ManifoldEM
Dec 2022 - Mar 2025
Python package for determination of conformational continua of macromolecules from single-particle cryo-EM data
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 74 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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