Nathaniel Nelson, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Boulder, CO, US

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

• Led the finance data science team in the creation of multiple functionalities ranging from database cleanup to predictive models to drive successful capital investments.
• Mentored junior data scientists in both technical skills and business/leadership skills to enable them to drive positive financial outcomes for the business
• Created a customer-first approach to automatically detect changes in fiber installation availability through automated web scraping, significantly improving both the actual availability and metric adherence to actual.
• Implemented geospatial analytics through the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), decreasing capital project funding approval cycle times by multiple days and significantly improving reliability compared to previous.
• Developed a network traffic flow simulation in order to validate proposed technology changes for the enablement of reliable 8 Gigabit internet connections.

Denver

• Led an end-to-end implementation of machine learning clustering algorithms to generate automated order sets for over 5000 physicians, saving the organization over $1M in development costs and approximately $20M in labor
• Created an optimization tool to standardize pay rules across 2700 facilities in order to enable transition to a new timekeeping platform while predicting field teammate impact in order to compensate them fairly..
• Developed a predictive model to identify optimal patient ratios as a function of capacity and clinic size which will result in a savings of approximately $40M annually.
• Generated both formulaic and machine learning models to predict monthly patient treatment volume based on historical actuals, improving on the accuracy of current manual processes by over 50%
• Mentored 10+ junior team members in analytical techniques as well as how to effectively communicate findings to non-technical audiences

Boulder, CO

• Created research platforms to study interaction between anti-microbial peptides (AMP) and bacterial membrane analogs
• Analyzed single-molecule interactions between AMPs and lipid bilayers using fluorescence microscopy to determine the underlying mechanisms for AMP activity
• Created computer programs in R, Matlab, and Mathematica to collect, analyze, and visualize data.
• Derived meaningful physical interpretations and predictive models from statistical analysis of complex multi-dimensional data using a variety of techniques including machine learning.
• Applied managerial skills in advising graduate students in support of their scientific goals.

Boulder, CO

• Developed computer simulations for LearnChemE at the university to assist in chemical engineering education
• Generated screencasts (short videos) teaching materials science and colloids topics to undergraduate students
• Created dozens of webpages for LearnChemE to enhance access to content.
• Wrote proposals to internal and external funding sources to increase the production capacity of the LearnChemE group
• Gathered and analyzed usage data to direct production efforts based on user activity.
• Utilized data-driven next-generation teaching methods to explain complex ideas in a brief and concise manner that keeps students engaged.

• Developed surface chemical functionalization protocols focused on glass/fused silica modification.
• Designed and implemented novel experimental and data analysis techniques for the characterization of functionalized materials using single molecule dynamics.
• Created computer programs that analyzed images to identify and extract information from low signal-to-noise data sets.
• Effectively communicated findings through both peer-reviewed publications and multiple national conference presentations.
• Skilled in several surface analysis techniques such as infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy, contact angle goniometry, and ellipsometry

• Maintained multiple mammalian cell lines for use in nanobead microrheometry.
• Assisted with the development of a method for optimizing the electron manipulation in CCD imaging for the purpose of improving spatial resolution in the tracking of fluorescent nanobeads.
• Performed microfluidic device fabrication in a cleanroom environment

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIChE, ACSSuccessfully defended Ph.D. thesis entitled "Probing the Solid-Liquid Interface using Single-Molecule.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

Graduated in 3 years with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Extensive coursework in Materials Science and Engineering.