Dr. Patrick Nichols

OBS Software Engineer

 

Patrick joined the JCSDA in April of 2022 as a software engineer for the OBS team.

He received his PhD in physics from Texas Tech for a quantum chemistry approach to positron-molecule scattering. Since that time, he has worked in several fields including quantum chemistry, electronic structure theory, machine learning, and parallel global address spaces as well as MPI approaches for parallel computing.

Outside of work, Patrick’s interests include hiking, reading and spending time with his young daughter.