Thomas Hicks
Designated Campus Colleague
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Hicks is a versatile research software engineer with 14 years in academia and over two decades of enterprise software experience, now focused on MRI-related projects at the University of Arizona. He blends deep technical skills—Python, Scala, Groovy, Clojure, Docker, and Jupyter—with a long history of building web applications, data services, and NLP pipelines for DARPA-funded and cancer-research projects. Thomas has led education-technology efforts that delivered accessible iOS apps and web-based learning communities, and he has a track record of turning legacy systems into stable, serviceable platforms as a consultant and subcontractor. Comfortable in both research and production settings, he pairs hands-on development with teaching and manuscript editing, and his work on the THOMAS MRI segmentation project highlights a rare intersection of imaging, NLP-style pipelines, and reproducible research infrastructure.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaM.A., Cognitive Science, M.A., Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins UniversityB.A., Biopsychology, B.A., Biopsychology at Vassar College
Github Skills (121)
information-extraction10
clojure10
nlp10
babashka10
cookbook10
natural-language-processing10
extraction10
tsne10
biomedical10
clojurescript10
core-library9
orbital-mechanics9
astrology9
science9
astronomy9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
hickst/hickst.github.io
Mar 2016 - May 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 3 months
AstrolabeProject/vos
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:160 commits, 105 pushes, 24 branches in 2 years 4 months
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