Lead developer for libEnsemble, a Python library to coordinate the concurrent evaluation of dynamic ensembles of calculations; develops methods for Interpolation-Based Composite Derivative-Free Optimization, which are included in the POptUS: Practical Optimization Using Structure organization; involved in projects such as InterQnet, CAMPA, Q-NEXT, FAR-Qu, FASTMath, and SMART.
Background
Computational Mathematician at Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division. Research interests include quantum computing and sensing, particle accelerator operation/design, stellarator and tokamak operation/design, vehicle routing, derivative-free optimization.