Zachary Lentz
Software Developer at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Lentz is a software developer with nine years of experience building and maintaining control and data-collection software for time-critical x-ray experiments at SLAC's LCLS. He leads UI/UX efforts and has previously headed motion systems, combining hands-on Python engineering with architecture and debugging for distributed experiment controls (EPICS, Conda, Qt, TwinCAT3). Comfortable across embedded platforms, automation, and scientific data analysis, he also programs PLCs in IEC 61131-3 ST and has familiarity with Rust, JavaScript, C++, and Java. Trained in Engineering Physics at UC Berkeley, he brings a research-first mindset—evident from early experimental work on chaotic fluid dynamics—and a knack for turning complex lab requirements into robust, production-ready software.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering Physics, 3.864, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering Physics, 3.864 at University of California, Berkeley
English, Spanish
Github Skills (200)
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pipenv10
python10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ZLLentz/pcdsutils
Oct 2020 - Oct 2023
PCDS Python utilities
Contributions:65 pushes, 35 branches in 3 years
python-utilitiespythonpython-bindingsmulticorenumpy-arrays
ZLLentz/lcls-plc-vhs-01
Nov 2018 - Jul 2023
EPICS/TwinCAT Motion Project for 13-axis VonHamos Spectrometer
Contributions:12 pushes, 13 branches in 4 years 8 months
axismotion-projecttwincatvhdlmotion
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