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Marcus D. Hanwell | Marcus leads the Open Chemistry project, developing open source tools for chemistry, bioinformatics, and materials science research. He completed an experimental PhD in Physics at the University of Sheffield, a Google Summer of Code developing Avogadro and Kalzium, and a postdoctoral fellowship combining experimental and computational chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh before moving to Kitware in late 2009. He is now a Technical Leader in the Scientific Computing group at Kitware, a member of the Blue Obelisk, blogs, @mhanwell on Twitter and is active on Google+. He is passionate about open science, open source and making sense of increasingly large scientific data to understand the world around us.
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I have to admit to feeling very disconnected from the political process in both the country I grew up in, and the one I live in now. It is inspring to see people working to address this. I would love to figure out how to engage more with policy makers, and think that engagement is critical. I am very encouraged by open, transparent projects like this, thanks for putting the interview together!
Thanks, some unexpected turns but it has been a lot of fun so far. It is especially inspring when I get to work with so many talented people at world class institutes, labs, and universities. Some very challenging projects, with widesspread impact in areas I am passionate about. I still get to publish too, with the Avogadro paper receiving over 200 citations in less than two years (according to Google Scholar at least).