Jul 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 9 mos · Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Developing the Pumas.jl software and leading research in novel methods to accelerate clinical trials through machine learning infused pharmacometrics.

Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos · Greater Boston Area

• I am an applied mathematics instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is a department-funded postdoctural scholar position with academic freedom which I am using to pursue research in numerical differential equations and their applications to biological and pharmacological models.

Jul 2018 – Jul 2021 · 3 yrs · Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Staff at the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy in the Center for Translational Medicine working on pharmacometric modeling and simulation.

Jun 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

• I am a postdoctural researcher in the Nie Lab in the Mathematics department at University of California, Irvine

Oct 2014 – Jun 2019 · 4 yrs 8 mos

• Courses taught:
• MATH 107 Numerical Differential Equations
• MATH 113A Mathematical Modeling in Biology.
• MATH 130B Probability and Stochastic Processes II
• MATH 173 Math of Finance
• Duties included creating a syllabus, developing quizzes, lecturing twice a week, grading homework and giving feedback through office hours.

Jun 2013 – Aug 2013 · 2 mos · Hong Kong

• As part of the Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS-HK) program run by UCLA's Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), I led an international team of researchers on a mathematical/computational research project for Baidu, Inc. to develop new algorithms utilizing machine learning techniques for movie recommendation.

Sep 2012 – May 2013 · 8 mos

• I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Jesse Rowsell in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. The research concerns the detection of super-space symmetry from x-ray crystallography data. Specifically, we are looking at the superspace refinement of the (3+1)-dimensional incommensurately modulated phase of the hydrated sodium salt "H-Acid", a commodity dye intermediate.

May 2012 – Sep 2012 · 4 mos

• I developed computational models for the Nova 2 Model Library and for classroom use, created the World library for agent-based modeling in Nova, and wrote tutorials detailing how to script models using NovaScript. These tutorials can be found at http://www.novasimulator.com/wiki.

Dec 2009 – May 2013 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• I created and maintained secure web forms and programs in PHP and Perl, developed the associated MYSQL relational databases for the housing data and wrote scripts to convert housing data into interactive Excel sheets for use by non-programmers.

Sep 2009 – Sep 2010 · 1 yr

• Responsibilities included teaching Oberlin College students first and second semester calculus.

Aug 2009 – Sep 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Designed and implemented lighting and sound for musical theater performances, dance showcases, and plays. Maintained technical equipment and built sets.

Sep 2009 – Nov 2013 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Oberlin, Ohio

• I have created and maintained websites for professors and businesses. I developed interfaces to ensure that information could be updated by individuals without programming experience. Also, I contributed my expertise to open source projects such as the jStat Javascript Statistical Library and to charitable causes like for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Examples of my work include Fernando Gomez Herrero’s personal page (fernandogomezherrero.com), Acoustik Musik LTD. (acoustikmusik.com), and my personal page (chrisrackauckas.com).