Nikolai Shokhirev's Professional highlights

Professional highlights

My forte

Self-starter with ability to work both independently and in a cross-functional team environment.
Ability to grasp several disciplines and be able to communicate with the respective subject-matter experts.
Ability to derive equations, develop algorithms and implement them as efficient computer programs.
Research, Scientific programming, Computer simulation and modeling, Numerical methods, Algorithm development, Data analysis and processing, Large-scale computing.

Professional highlights

Research in scientific Labs in Russia and America (10++ years): Several awards; Over 70 published papers; .Ph. D. in Physics and Mathematics.
Professional software development (8+ years): Full software development lifecycle; Design and development of Information systems and databases, Frameworks and Libraries
Quantitative research and development (5 years): Financial engineering, Statistics, Stochastic algorithms, Data analysis, transformation and processing
Consulting in Inventive problem solving (TRIZ); Teaching in Physics, Spectroscopy and Numerical methods

Experience summary

Research in Econophysics, Molecular physics, Quantum chemistry, Diffusion-controlled processes, Magnetic (NMR, EPR, MRI) spectroscopy, Kinetics (Chemical and quantum)
Theoretical and computational support in Biochemistry, Electrochemistry, Kinetics (Chemical and Quantum), 1D and 2D Spectroscopy
Modeling and Simulation (Dynamic, Stochastic and Quantum) in Physics, Chemistry, Environmental and Aerosol science
Data processing and analysis: Pattern identification, Machine learning, Time series, Fourier (FFT) and Wavelet analysis, Filtering, Statistics, Fitting and Parameter estimation, Accuracy, Resolution, Regularization, Indirect measurements and Remote sensing, HMM
Algorithms and Numerical methods: Differential equations (ODE, PDE, SDE), Integral equations, Linear algebra (SVD, PCA), Monte Carlo, Optimization
Scientific programming (10++ years): Mathematica and MatLab (In addition to several programming languages, see below)

Programming

Platforms: Extensive experience with Windows (Desktop, Server, Embedded), Limited experience with Linux (RedHat/Fedora), UNIX (user level). Servers: Apache, IIS
Languages: Proficient in Delphi and C#, FORTRAN, C++ (No MFC), VB. Limited experience with Java; Scripting: PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Python; Limited experience with Ruby.
Databases: MS SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite, Interbase; Limited experience with Oracle and DB2
IDE, Tools: Borland/Embarcadero RAD Studio, MS Visual Studio, Vault, Star Team, VSS; Solo programming: Eclipse, SVN, Mercurial.
Limited experience with LAMPP and ASP.Net Web development (primarily backend)

Special Training

Certificate of Completion, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Training, Tucson, AZ
Certificate of TRIZ Specialist (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), Courses on TRIZ, Ideation Inc., Southfield, MI
Certificate of Programmer, Institute for Advanced Methods of Management, Leningrad, Russia

For more details see my Skills matrix and Résumé.