Elizabeth Wait
Force Field Development Intern at Schrödinger
Atlanta Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElizabeth Wait is a computational biophysicist specializing in classical and quantum mechanical modeling with nearly two decades of research experience applied to protein dynamics, metal-binding design, and drug off-target prediction. Her PhD work and collaborations with national labs produced a designed fusion protein with improved rare earth metal affinity and mechanistic insights into kinase inhibitor interactions, while earlier projects uncovered allosteric motions in Ras that informed therapeutic targeting. Comfortable writing analysis software and maintaining compute infrastructure, she combines hands-on QM calculations with large-scale MD data analysis and visualization. Based in the Atlanta area, she pairs a strong publication and presentation record with hands-on lab teaching and mentorship, and—unexpectedly—has an early sea-ice science interest reflected in her GitHub bio.
19 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry, 3.78, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry, 3.78 at The University of Texas at AustinBachelors, Biotechnology, 3.62, Bachelors, Biotechnology, 3.62 at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (16)
earth-science10
fortran10
ice10
snl-applications10
svn10
physics10
exascale9
driver8
climate-model7
python5
configurations4
startup2
pcf2
simulation1
ocean1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
eclare108213/E3SM
Dec 2022 - Apr 2025
Energy Exascale Earth System Model source code.
Contributions:19 reviews, 63 PRs, 83 pushes in 2 years 4 months
exascale
Arctic-InteRFACE/Icepack
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Development repository for sea-ice column physics
Contributions:4 reviews, 1 PR, 51 pushes in 11 months
icephysicsseasea-ice
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