Dr Balázs Hornung (DPhil Oxon)
Computational and Physical Chemist
Software Developer
University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom
DPhil in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 2013
Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary
MSc (Honours) in Chemistry, 2009
o Using and implementing numerical analysis, linear algebra based, and stochastic optimisation methods such as genetic algorithms, neural networks
o Writing pandas and scikit-learn utilities to statistically analyse data, such as clustering, classification, dimensionality reduction, regression.
o Analysing and visualising data using Excel, Origin and custom-written codes
o Programming languages
o python (packages: graphviz, lxml, networkx, numba, numpy, pandas, scipy, sklearn)
o Fortran77/95/08
o bash scripting
o C# (basic knowledge)
o Mathematica (working knowledge)
o Using version control systems such as git, SourceTree, gitkraken
o Program documentation, including markdown languages
As a researcher, it has been essential for me to be able to
o Plan and conduct research projects individually and as a member of a team
o Assess the importance of, and relationship between, various sub-projects and schedule their execution accordingly for maximum efficiency
o Recognising and defining my role in a project, cooperate with group members
o Discuss results with fellow scientists and make decisions
o Full proficiency in English, native in Hungarian, basic in Farsi
o Preparing scientific and technical reports
o Presenting of results at international meetings
o Publication of results in prestigious international journals (Please refer to my Google Scholar profile https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=24GUMC8AAAAJ)
o Supervising PhD students
o Mathematics for first year chemistry undergraduates
o Physical chemistry for first year biology undergraduates
Software developer, Interactive Scientific Ltd
02/2018 – present (full time), 02/2017– 02/2018 (part time)
o Developing software in agile environment
o I actively contribute to the codebase of the company in python and C#
o Business analysis
o I analyse business intelligence data using statistical learning methods to support the business planning process.
University of Bristol, School of Chemistry
Visiting Fellow: 02/2018 – present
Postdoctoral researcher: 02/2017 – 02/2018 (part time), 10/2013 – 02/2017 (full time)
o Leading the development and testing of improved theoretical and computational methods to model complex molecular processes
o Writing codes to perform statistical analysis of experimental and theoretical data
o Advising experimental scientists on computational methods and on interpretation of their results, suggesting experiments
Early state researcher, University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry
10/2009 – 09/2013
o Developing computer codes to model scattering phenomena
o Theoretical investigation of fundamental scattering processes
o Designing and implementing algorithms to process experimental data
o Long distance walking, extreme trekking, bouldering
o Philosophy, social anthropology, sociology