Chris Iacovella
Bioinformatics Software Engineer III
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolChris Iacovella is a Bioinformatics Software Engineer III and computational scientist with over two decades of research experience, now applying molecular simulation, high-performance computing, and data science at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He combines deep domain expertise in computational chemistry, materials science, and biophysics with practical software development—co-leading the open-source MoSDeF effort to improve reproducibility and enable high-throughput chemical screening. His work spans atomistic-to-coarse-grained modeling, force field development, and machine learning–driven analysis, with applications from nanoparticle self-assembly to biological membrane permeation. As a former research professor he has mentored 30+ students, authored 60+ peer-reviewed papers with ~1,600 citations, and run workshops training hundreds of researchers. Based in Portland, he is known for bridging rigorous simulation methodology with production-ready tooling that accelerates scientific design cycles. An underappreciated strength is his track record of translating complex structural analysis algorithms into user-friendly, reproducible software used by the community.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Chemical Engineering, PhD, Chemical Engineering at University of MichiganBS, Chemical Engineering, BS, Chemical Engineering at University at Buffalo
Github Skills (49)
component-based10
molecule10
simulation10
hierarchical10
python10
molecular-simulation10
ab-initio9
gpu9
message-passing9
mcmc9
computational-biology9
scientific-workflow8
monte-carlo8
computational-chemistry8
iterative8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
PTC-CMC/cybercamp
Feb 2018 - May 2022
Rapid overview of molecular simulation
Contributions:4 reviews, 25 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 3 months
molecular-simulation
chrisiacovella/modelforge
Aug 2023 - Jun 2026
Infrastructure to implement and train NNPs
Contributions:591 pushes, 95 branches in 2 years 10 months
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