Benjamin Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Ogden, Utah, United States

Urbana-Champaign Area

– Developed and authored computational models (C++, fortran, python) of chromosomes in bacteria.∗ Continuum polymer model (C++) to simulate motion of chromosomes at 10 base-pair resolution.· Developed and documented script-based C++ program to enable a variety of simulation protocols.· Programmed new OpenMP-accelerated Brownian dynamics integrator called using C++-API of LAMMPS.· Created novel representation for the replication states of circular chromosomes using binary trees.∗ Lattice polymer model (fortran) to generate chromosome geometries using Monte Carlo methods.∗ Created tools (python, fortran) to analyze replication-dependent chromosome conformation capture maps.– Used GPU-accelerated, hybrid stochastic-deterministic methods to simulate whole-cell models of bacteria that capture the reaction and diffusion of biochemical components at the cell-scale.– Assisted PI in preparation of grant materials to acquire $30M+ in federal funding: NSF DBI 2243257 - $29.78M (campus pre-proposal, proposal, and site-visit) | NSF MCB 2221237 - $2.00M (proposal, annual reports) | NSF MCB 1818344 - $1.50M (annual reports) | NSF MCB 1840320 - $1.18M (annual reports).– Collaborated with industrial and academic partners, both domestic and international.– Presented research results to broader scientific community at domestic and international conferences.– Mentored junior graduate and undergraduate student researchers.

– Created course assignments on computational methods for statistical mechanics.– Prepared homework and exam solutions using LaTeX.– Graded homework and exams.– Managed course website.– Hosted weekly office hours.– Rated as excellent by students.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

– Generated 250GB+ databases of collisional cross-sections for state-specific CO+O reaction chemistry during Martian atmospheric reentry by running quasi-classical trajectory simulations on cluster at NASA Ames.– Developed workflow to validate and merge databases, then fit functional forms to cross-sections with weighted least-squares (fortran with LAPACK) for implementation in DSMC simulations of gas kinetics.

Austin, Texas Area

– Reviewed and analyzed HVAC and hydronic systems in a large campus supplied by a central heating and cooling plant.– Reviewed building MEP plans in AutoCAD and implemented archived mechanical equipment specifications in Revit.

Austin, Texas Area

Installed and repaired engineering equipment at Cockrell School of Engineering facilities during the summer.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude