Nautilus

Currently, I am working on Nautilus (Cowtan, 2014). Nautilus is a program for automatic model building of nucleotide structures in electron density maps. It will trace a map with no model, extend an existing model, or add nucleotide chains to an existing non-nucleotide model. I am working to improve the reliability and completeness of the models as part of my PhD. This project is almost entirely in C++ and the code is available on GitHub.

Privateer

As part of a summer project I worked on Privateer. Privateer is a tool for carbohydrate structure validation, re-refinement and graphical analysis. I was able to implement a new metric called a 'Z-score' which compares the current models torsion angles to a known database. This database was computed from validated structures in the Protein Data Bank. This project was completed using Python and C++.

Chemdle

After the webapp Wordle gained popularity, I created a clone called Chemdle. Chemdle was aimed to help students grasp nomeclature in chemistry in a fun, relatable way. Every day, a new molecule would appear for users to try and guess in a similar style to Wordle. The frontend of this project was written in vanilla Javascript with no framework and the backend used was Django (Python) backend.

Chemix

Chemix is an online editor for drawing lab diagrams and school experiment apparatus. I helped add new apparatus and implement new features as part of the development team. This was a rewarding experience as I learnt many techniques utilised by larger teams such as version control and test driven development. This project was completed in Typescript.

Bragg Visualiser

To aid my revision for the principles of diffraction course in my undergraduate degree, I created BraggVisualiser. This was a webapp which aimed to visually explain some of the abstract concepts in X-ray crystallography such as the Ewald Sphere. This webapp was incorporated and improved upon for the course for the following year. This project was completed in vanilla Javascript.