LEO SHEN
DEVELOPER/RESEARCHER
Professional summary
Self-motivated, goal-oriented and quick learner with extensive hands-on
software developing experience and rigorous quantitative training in
physics. Good communication skills and team player.
Technical Skills
Python/Java/C++ and flirt regularly with R. Solid knowledge of web
technologies: HTML+CSS, XML, RDF, REST, SOAP and JavaScript (mainly
jQuery). Linux administration skills: bash, Apache, MySQL, datacenter
automation (Puppet), continuous integration (Hudson/Jenkins), source
control (Svn/Git), editor (vim/eclipse)
Math specialties: Knowledge of numerical solution of ODE and PDE,
statistical analysis (regression, ANOVA and Design of Experiment,
categorical data analysis), time series analysis, Monte Carlo simulation,
statistical inference, kernal density estimation, dimensionality reduction
data classification
Professional Experience
University of Kansas September 2013-June 2014
Postdoctoral Researcher
. Benchmarked, optimized and parallelized legacy codes for mixed quantum-
classical MD simulation of mixed liquid solution Statistical analysis and
data mining with Python.
National Center for Supercomputing July 2011-August 2013
Applications Postdoctoral Researcher
. Developed client-server Cyber-infrastructure with Java (Swing, SOAP web
service and Hibernate with MySQL database) and Python (Numpy, Scipy,
Pandas) for high-throughput Force field parameter optimizations of small
drug-like molecules in collaborations with computational chemists and
computer scientists Software project management: source control with
SVN/Git.
. Project building with Ant/Mavens.
. Gathered user requirements, feature asks and bug reports with JIRA
Produce three journal and conference publications.
Pennsylvania State University July 2010-June 2011
Operating System Administrator Assistant
. Worked within the Information Technology Service unit to manage and
deploy Multi-OS (Mac, Linux and Windows) machine across campus Automate
system administration with Bash, Python, Perl Build GUI system deploy
tool with REALbasic (Cross-platform Visual Basic).
Graduate Research Assistant June 2006 - May 2010
. Performed simulations on Linux cluster to study nanomaterial in
collaborations with experimentalists.
. Developed tools for managing simulation workflow with automating input
generation and output parsing and analyzing with Perl and Python
Statistical analysis and data mining of large data set with dynamic
languages: Python/Perl, R and Matlab.
. Produced seven journal and conference publications.
EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. in Physics May'2011