Daniel Cerkoney
Graduate Research Assistant
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Cerkoney is a PhD-trained computational physicist transitioning into software engineering, bringing 11 years of quantitative research and over five years of hands-on development in Python, C++, and Julia. He co-led a six-person team to build FeynmanDiagram.jl, a computational graph engine that fuses ML architectures and optimization techniques with quantum field theory workflows, demonstrating skill in both high-performance computing and research-driven software design. At Rutgers he combined teaching and research roles, honing mentorship, reproducible workflow practices, and domain-specific tooling for complex scientific problems. Daniel seeks roles where his ability to translate advanced numerical methods into maintainable, data-driven code can accelerate engineering teams and scientific pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics & Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics & Mathematics at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (22)
markov-chain9
fiddle8
monte-carlo8
interval-arithmetic8
graph8
quaternions8
abaqus8
spectral7
julia7
intervals7
parallel-computing6
high-performance5
algorithm5
hdf4
frequency4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dcerkoney/Misc
Apr 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
houpc/UniElectronGas.jl
Aug 2023 - Nov 2025
Contributions:4 reviews, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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