Shawn Wang
Products And Technology Team Lead at Kamet Consulting Group
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShawn Wang is a Products and Technology Team Lead based in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of experience bridging materials science research and production software. Currently a postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley Lab and leading product and engineering at Kamet Consulting Group, he combines deep domain knowledge from a PhD in Materials Science with hands-on backend development. Shawn has contributed to the widely used atomate project, improving core computational workflows and testing for materials informatics pipelines. He excels at turning complex scientific data and workflows into reliable, testable software and product features that serve both research and industry needs. Notably, his background in environmental science and advanced materials gives him a unique perspective on building tech that connects sustainability, research, and scalable products.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor's Degree, Materials Science, Doctor's Degree, Materials Science at Arizona State UniversityBachelor's degree, Environmental Science, Bachelor's degree, Environmental Science at Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Materials Science, Master of Science - MS, Materials Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (6)
python10
computational-materials-science10
pymatgen9
linear-algebra8
pytest7
testing7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hackingmaterials/atomate
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
atomate is a powerful software for computational materials science and contains pre-built workflows.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:54 commits, 44 PRs, 41 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Shawn primarily contributed to the atomate project by modifying core computational materials science workflows and analysis tools. Their work involved making adjustments to Python scripts for gathering and fitting response data and computing inverse matrices. The user also made changes to testing frameworks for the project, demonstrating skills in ensuring the quality of the code. These contributions indicate a focus on improving the core functionality and testing of the software.
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itsduowang/atomate2
Feb 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:13 PRs, 182 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 8 months
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