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Full-Stack Developer and Scientific Software Architect

Profile Summary

I’m a full‑stack developer and scientific software architect with a strong foundation in Python, modern web development, and computational modeling. My work sits at the intersection of solid engineering practice and the rigor and creativity of scientific research. I specialize in building clean, modular systems, automating complex workflows, and designing software that supports scientific, analytical, or data‑intensive applications. My background includes postdoctoral research in computational chemistry and ongoing work on open‑source scientific software, with experience touching on biochemistry, quantum modeling, and algorithm design. Working across these areas has helped me get comfortable with problems that are unusual, technically demanding, or poorly scoped. I tend to approach new challenges by learning as I go, asking careful questions, and gradually bringing structure to initially ambiguous situations. What I offer - Full‑stack development (Python, FastAPI, React, and Rust microservices when appropriate) - Scientific and technical software architecture - Workflow automation and toolchain design - Data modeling, algorithm development, and computational problem‑solving - Technical writing, documentation, and educational or presentation materials I’m a focused self‑learner who picks up new tools quickly and integrates them without derailing timelines or existing workflows. If your project involves complexity, ambiguity, or the need for clear systems thinking, I tend to be a strong fit. Before academia, I worked in a wide range of fields, from fishing boats to bakeries, and that experience still shapes how I work today: practical, adaptable, current, and grounded. I bring that same mindset to software engineering and scientific computing.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Theoretical Chemistry
• ★ Molecular Ecology
• ★ DevOps
• ☆ Biocatalysis
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Molecular Modeling
• ☆ Molecular Docking
• ☆ Chemoinformatics
• ☆ Quantum Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Chemistry
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Algorithm Design
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Tensorflow
• ☆ Scikit-learn
• ☆ Software Development
• ☆ Web Application Development
• ☆ Cloud Application Development
• ☆ UI/UX Design
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Owner / Founder

Martian Communications

August 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Scholar

Virginia Tech

August 2022 - August 2023

Graduate Research Assistant

The University of Alabama

January 2019 - August 2022

Graduate Research Assistant

The University of Alabama

August 2017 - May 2022

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry (Chemistry and Biochemistry)

University of Alabama

August 2017 - July 2022

B.S. Biochemistry, minor in Mathematics (Chemistry and Biochemistry)

California State University

September 2012 - June 2015

Certifications

• Modern HTML & CSS From The Beginning 2.0

  udemy

  https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-68b1c865-a73d-428b-ba5b-fac03ac4a0ea/

  March 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Lesta S. Fletcher, Mariah L. Tedder, Samiat O. Olayiwola, Nickolas A. Joyner, Marcos M. Mason, Allen G. Oliver, Dale D. Ensor, David A. Dixon, Jesse D. Carrick (2024). Next-Generation 3,3′-AlkoxyBTPs as Complexants for Minor Actinide Separation from Lanthanides: A Comprehensive Separations, Spectroscopic, and DFT Study . Inorganic Chemistry.

Marcos M. Mason, Israel E. Wachs, David A. Dixon (2023). Assignment of Vibrational Bands of Critical Surface Species Containing Nitrogen in the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH₃ . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Eddy Lontchi, Marcos M. Mason, Monica Vasiliu, David A. Dixon (2023). Prediction of the structures and heats of formation of MO2, MO3, and M2O5 for M = V, Nb, Ta, Pa . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Marcos M. Mason, David A. Dixon (2022). Electronic Structure Investigation of NO₂ and NO Binding on Vanadium Oxides . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

James L. Gole, Carl L. Chalek, Marcos M. Mason, Gabriel F. de Melo, Monica Vasiliu, David A. Dixon (2022). Observation of Selectively Populated Monohalide Excited States from the Reactions of Group 3 Metal (Sc, Y, and La) Monomers and Dimers with Halogen-Containing Molecules . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Mariah L. Tedder, Fortune O. Dzeagu, Marcos M. Mason, David A. Dixon, Jesse D. Carrick (2022). Microwave-assisted C–H oxidation of methylpyridylheteroarenes via a Kornblum-Type reaction . Tetrahedron.

Marcos M. Mason, Caris Smith, Monica Vasiliu, Jesse D. Carrick, David A. Dixon (2021). Prediction of An(III)/Ln(III) Separation by 1,2,4-Triazinylpyridine Derivatives . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Marcos M. Mason, Zachary R. Lee, Monica Vasiliu, Israel E. Wachs, David A. Dixon (2020). Initial Steps in the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH₃ by TiO₂-Supported Vanadium Oxides . ACS Catalysis.