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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<title>Carlos H. Borca - About</title>
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<li><a href="index.html"/>Main</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html"/><b>About</b></a></li>
<li><a href="research.html"/>Research</a></li>
<li><a href="people.html"/>People</a></li>
<li><a href="publications.html"/>Publications</a></li>
<li><a href="events.html"/>Events</a></li>
<li><a href="outreach.html"/>Outreach</a></li>
<li><a href="resources.html"/>Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="acerca.html"/>Español</a></li>
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title="Biography"
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<center><h1>Biography</h1></center>
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<p>A pragmatic theoretical chemist who enjoys collaborative basic-science research, engages real-life problems, and develops original scientific software solutions.<p>
<p>Interested in developing theoretical and computational methods and applying them to problems of broad chemical scope: noncovalent interactions in organic crystals, in pharmaceutical formulations, in biomolecular structure, and in materials design.</p>
<ul>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Scientist II at PTC Therapeutics, work focused on biopharmaceutical applications computational chemistry.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Michael A. Webb, research focused on machine learning models for intermolecular interactions in polymers.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. C. David Sherrill at the Georgia Institute of Technology, research focused on <i>ab initio</i> methods applicable to intermolecular interactions in crystals.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Ph. D. in Chemistry from Purdue University, with Prof. Lyudmila V. Slipchenko.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Doctoral research on polarizable molecular dynamics and density functional approximations.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Mini-MBA in Applied Management Principles from Purdue's Krannert School of Management.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Institute.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Awarded with the Young Scientist and Innovator of 2011 Scholarship by the Government of Colombia.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Lecturer of general and physical chemistry laboratories at Universidad Icesi in Cali, Colombia.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Honors graduation with a 5-year mayor in Chemistry at Universidad del Valle also in Cali.
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Consistently ranked top-5 or above in undergraduate class.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">More than a decade research and teaching experience</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">Numerous published articles in prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journals.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">More than a dozen oral presentations, and several poster presentations.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 6px">About $40,000 in scholarships, travel grants, and awards.</li>
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Currently, appointed as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. C. David Sherrill, in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Postdoctoral research focused on <i>ab initio</i> methods for molecular crystals.
Graduated with a Ph. D. from the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University, working in the group of Prof. Lyudmila V. Slipchenko.
Doctoral research carried out on polarizable molecular dynamics and density functional approximations to approach intermolecular interactions.
Mini-MBA in Applied Management Principles from Purdue's Krannert School of Management.
Summer intern at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory during the Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Institute of 2015.
Awarded with the Young Scientist and Innovator of 2011 Scholarship by the Government of Colombia.
Lecturer of general and physical chemistry laboratories at Universidad Icesi in Cali, Colombia.
Honors graduate with a 5-year mayor in Chemistry at Universidad del Valle also in Cali, where consistently ranked top-5-in-class or above. -->
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<h2>Personal Information</h2>
<ul>
<li>Nationalities: Argentinean and Colombian</li>
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<li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nj9CpQkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao"/>Google Scholar Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosborca/"/>LinkedIn Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/carlosborca"/>GitHub Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="about/Carlos_H_Borca-Resume.pdf"/>Résumé</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Education</h2>
<h3>Postdoctoral Research</h3>
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Modeling<br>
<i>Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering - Princeton University - Princeton, NJ, USA</i><br><br>
Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Chemistry<br>
<i>School of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA, USA</i><br>
<h3>Graduate Studies</h3>
Ph.D. in Chemistry<br>
<i>Department of Chemistry - Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN, USA</i>
<h3>Executive Programs</h3>
Applied Management Principles Mini-MBA Program<br>
<i>Krannert School of Management - Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN, USA</i>
<h3>Undergraduate Studies</h3>
Professional (5-Year) Degree with Honors in Chemistry<br>
<i>Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas - Universidad del Valle - Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia</i>
<h2>Experience</h2>
<h3>Research in Academia</h3>
<h4>Development of Machine Learning Models to Optimize the Synthesis of Single-enzyme Polymer Nanoparticles</h4>
Adviser: Prof. Michael A. Webb<br>
<i>Princeton University - Princeton, NJ, USA</i>
<h4>Development of Computational Methods Applied to Molecular Crystals</h4>
Adviser: Prof. C. David Sherrill<br>
<i>Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA, USA</i>
<h4>Modular Implementation of Tkatchenko-Scheffler Model for van der Waals interaction</h4>
Advisers: Dr. Alfredo A. Correa and Dr. Xavier I. Andrade<br>
<i>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, CA, USA</i>
<h4>Theory Development for the Accurate Description of Environment Effects on Quantum Simulations</h4>
Adviser: Prof. Lyudmila V. Slipchenko<br>
<i>Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN, USA</i>
<h4>Charge distributions in carbon nanopores via Density Functional Theory</h4>
Advisers: Prof. Lyudmila V. Slipchenko and Prof. Adam Wasserman<br>
<i>Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN, USA</i>
<h4>Molecular Modeling of Water-Absorbent Materials at the Nano-Scale</h4>
Adviser: Prof. Carlos A. Arango<br>
<i>Universidad Icesi - Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia</i>
<h4>Computational Study of the Interactions between Carbon Nanotube/DNA Hybrids and Simple Molecules Relevant in Chemical Sensing</h4>
Adviser: Prof. Julio C. Arce<br>
<i>Universidad del Valle - Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia</i>
<h3>Teaching</h3>
<h4>Graduate Teaching Assistant</h4>
Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN, USA
<ul>
<li>CHM579: Computational Chemistry - <i>Spring 2015.</i></li>
<li>CHM111: General Chemistry - <i>Fall 2012, Fall 2013, and Fall 2014.</i></li>
<li>CHM115: General Chemistry - <i>Spring 2013.</i></li>
</ul>
<h4>Part-Time Lecturer</h4>
Universidad Icesi - Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
<ul>
<li>Physical Chemistry I - <i>2010-I, 2010-II, and 2011-I.</i></li>
<li>Physical Chemistry II - <i>2010-II.</i></li>
<li>General Chemistry - <i>2009-II, 2010-I, and 2010-II.</i></li>
</ul>
<h2>Honors and Awards</h2>
<h3>Princeton University</h3>
<ul>
<li>Azure Cloud Computing Credits Award by the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Georgia Institute of Technology</h3>
<ul>
<li>National Science Foundation Travel Award to attend the CMU-GT Symposium on Machine Learning in Science and Engineering</li>
</ul>
<h3>Purdue University</h3>
<ul>
<li>Materials Computational Center Travel Award to attend the 7th TDDFT School and Workshop</li>
<li>Full Financial Support for the Applied Management Principles Mini-MBA program of 2016</li>
<li>Selected Speaker Honorarium at the Structure and Dynamics in Complex Chemical Systems Symposium</li>
<li>2015 Travel Grant Award of the Colombian Students Association at Purdue University (CSAP)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory</h3>
<ul>
<li>Outstanding Accomplishment Award: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Students Poster Symposium</li>
</ul>
<h3>Universidad Icesi</h3>
<ul>
<li>Colombian Government’s Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (Colciencias) Young Scientist and Innovator Scholarship of 2011</li>
</ul>
<h3>Universidad del Valle</h3>
<ul>
<li>Graduation with Honors for a Meritorious Research Thesis</li>
<li>4th Place in Eight Semester Class Award</li>
<li>3rd Place in Seventh Semester Class Award</li>
<li>5th Place in Sixth Semester Class Award</li>
<li>1st Place in Fifth Semester Class Award</li>
<li>1st Place in Second Semester Class Award</li>
<li>5th Place in First Semester Class Award</li>
</ul>
<h3>Colegio Berchmans</h3>
<ul>
<li>Andrés Bello Departmental Award for the Best Biology Score in the ICFES</li>
<li>11th National ICFES Average Score (Colombian ICFES is analogous to the SAT in the USA)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Professional Affiliations</h2>
<ul>
<li>Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2013</li>
<li>Member of the Colombian Students Association at Purdue University (CSAP) since 2012</li>
<li>Member of the Professional Chemists Council of Colombia (CPQ) since 2010 - <i>Professional Card No.: PQ-3170</i></li>
<li>Jesuit Alumni Association of Cali, Colombia (A.S.I.A. Santiago de Cali) since 2004 - <i>Member of the Board (2008-2012)</i></li>
</ul>
<h2>Languages</h2>
<ul>
<li>Spanish: Native speaker</li>
<li>English: Fluently spoken and written. Lived and worked in the United States since 2012.</li>
<li>Portuguese: Intermediate proficiency in speaking and writing.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Computer Skills</h2>
<h3>Operating Systems</h3>
<ul>
<li>Linux: <i>Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS, SUSE Linux Server, Cygwin.</i></li>
<li>Windows: <i>98, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10.</i></li>
<li>MacOS: <i>Catalina, Big Sur.</i></li>
</ul>
<h3>Programming Languages</h3>
<ul>
<li>Python</li>
<li>C/C++</li>
<li>Fortran</li>
<li>HTML</li>
</ul>
<h3>Computational Chemistry Packages</h3>
<ul>
<li>Molecular Dynamics: <i>LibEFP/EFPMD, GROMACS, NAMD, LAMMPS, NanoEngineer-1.</i></li>
<li>Quantum Chemistry: <i>CrystaLattE, Psi4, Octopus, Q-Chem, NWChem, GAMESS, HyperChem, Gaussian, MOPAC.</i></li>
<li>Visualizers: <i>VMD, IQmol, VisIt, Gabedit, GaussView, Macmolplt, Avogadro, Jmol, Chemcraft, Molden, ChemBioOffice.</i></li>
</ul>
<h3>Others</h3>
<ul>
<li>GNUPlot</li>
<li>Origin</li>
<li>Mathematica</li>
<li>LaTeX</li>
<li>GIMP</li>
<li>Inkscape</li>
<li>Office</li>
<li>LibreOfice</li>
</ul>
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