I have a broad interest in computational materials modeling and materials science. I am currently working on adding a crystal-plasticity capability to the OOF finite-element tool, with the goal of making highly sophisticated modeling capabilities readily available to non-expert users. I am also the operations administrator for a high-performance computing cluster in my division.
I am also currently the acting Research Computing Liaison for the Research Data and Computing Office of the Associate Director for Laboratory Programs, where I work with the NIST HPC operations team, our research software engineers, and our HPC contracts with outside providers.
In recent years, I've also taken on a leadership role with the HPC Carpentry project, an effort to make workshop-scale open-source HPC training available to a broad audience, following the very successful Carpentries educational model.