Ian Kenney
Postdoctoral Research Associate
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolIan Kenney is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with 11 years of experience at the intersection of physics research and applied consulting, now based in New York. After earning a PhD in Physics from Arizona State University and transitioning from a doctoral student to a postdoctoral scholar there, he has continued to translate deep scientific training into practical outcomes through his consulting firm, Kenney Consulting, LLC. His work blends rigorous experimental and theoretical skills with project leadership, enabling collaborations across academia and clinical research environments like Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves comfortably between meticulous data analysis and big-picture problem framing, making complex physical systems intelligible to interdisciplinary teams. Although primarily research-focused, his entrepreneurial stint running a consultancy signals an ability to deliver client-facing solutions and manage end-to-end projects. He brings a curious, systems-level mindset to scientific problems, often spotting actionable opportunities others overlook.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Arizona State University
Github Skills (73)
python10
computational-chemistry10
cubing10
water10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
time-tracking10
science10
molecular-simulation10
conda10
mdanalysis10
system-calls10
calculation10
coefficients10
structural-biology9
conda-forge9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Becksteinlab/multibind
Mar 2018 - Aug 2022
A Python package for building thermodynamically consistent state graphs.
Contributions:2 releases, 3 reviews, 43 commits in 4 years 5 months
pythonfreeenergymlethermodynamics
ianmkenney/PyBOL
Aug 2016 - Apr 2023
Contributions:26 PRs, 92 pushes, 24 branches in 6 years 9 months
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