I am a research physicist currently employed at Vanderbilt University pursuing research in heavy ion collisions in collaboration with the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment.
Computing has always been a hobby of mine, starting in high school when I spent weekends configuring network services on desktop linux systems while learning C and perl. Since becoming a professional physicist, I have spent several years performing data analysis and stochastic simulations in C++ and python frameworks.
My day-to-day responsibilities include developing and maintaining data transfer and monitoring tools for the Vanderbilt Tier-2 CMS computing facility.