Leo PeBenito

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Summary

Computational chemist trained in biophysics and organometallic chemistry transitioning to data scientist. He has contributed to several software projects and peer-reviewed publications through effective writing and communication-skills. He is passionate about the tools for managing the complexity made actionable by big data. Professional Experience

Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, IL

Programmer Sept. 2019 – Current

• Developed software for an interactive exhibit for teaching fundamental physics.

• Collaborated with engineering team to ensure reproducibility of safe projectile trajectories spanning the grounds of the central mezzanine.

• Formulated a recalibration protocol for progressive instrument wear. Lazaridis Lab, City College of New York New York, NY Research Fellow in Molecular Biophysics Sept. 2013 – Sept. 2019

• Defined research objectives for experimentation in silico.

• Performed simulations and analysis to elucidate the mechanism of antibiotic activation on the surface of cell membranes using advanced sampling methods.

• Pursued computational and theoretical strategies to increase accuracy and adapted methodology for removing model bias.

• Used statistical methods to evaluate equilibrium and correlation, and developed data visualization tools.

• Coauthor and reviewed articles and grant proposals.

• Performed benchmarking for parallelization of CPUs and GPUs on HPC clusters, and on Anton 2.

• Lead initiative to develop CPU/GPU cluster for CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. Education

Professional Certificate in Data Science, EdX, HarvardX Sept. 2019 -Current M. Phil. in Chemistry, City University of New York – Graduate Center May 2015 B.S. in Chemistry, Columbia University May 2010

Teaching

Chemistry Dept., City College of New York New York, NY Adjunct Lecturer in Chemistry 2013 – 2018

• General chemistry lab instructor to +20 students. GAANN Fellow Sept. 2013 – May 2017

• Pedagogy development for City College chemistry curriculum.

• Special topics lecturer for City College Chemical Engineering Dept. Selected Publications

Sepehri A, PeBenito L, Pino-Angeles A, Lazaridis T. Membrane pore formation by melittin derivatives. Biophysical Journal 118

(3), 234a.

Lazaridis T, Leveritt, JM, & PeBenito L. Implicit membrane treatment of buried charged groups: application to peptide translocation across lipid bilayers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2014, 1838(9), 2149–2159. Honors and Awards

GAANN Fellowship in Molecular Biophysics, Awarded by U.S. Dept. of Education. Skills: R, Python, C#/C/C++, tcl, Perl, SQL, Bash, Latex, Git, OpenMP, SLURM, Anton 2.

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