Zachary Windom
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Knoxville Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Windom is a postdoctoral research associate with six years of experience developing novel electronic structure methods and software for near-term quantum computers, currently based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Chemical Physics from the University of Florida and a strong background in computational engineering and applied physics from Mississippi State University. His work spans theory and implementation—from extending unitary coupled cluster ansatze to building community-accessible coupled-cluster Python tools—and bridges academic research, national lab projects, and open software. A former DOE SCGSR Fellow and MolSSI software fellow, he combines high-performance computing expertise with hands-on instrument experience from earlier lab internships. Colleagues value his ability to translate cutting-edge quantum algorithms into usable software for practical electronic-structure problems.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computational Engineering, Master’s Degree, Computational Engineering at Mississippi State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Physics at University of Florida
Github Skills (9)
chemistry10
materials-informatics10
python9
quantum-chemistry9
quantum-computing9
differentiation4
machine-learning3
pytorch3
automatic-differentiation3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zww-4855/test
Sep 2020 - Mar 2024
Contributions:85 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 6 months
zww-4855/ut2
Feb 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:74 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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