Christoph Junghans

Christoph Junghans is a seasoned professional currently serving as Group Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory, with experience in co-design optimization of computing systems, multi-scale material simulation, and software engineering. With a solid academic foundation, including a Ph.D. in Physics from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Christoph has held various roles such as Deputy Group Leader and Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, focusing on advanced molecular dynamics techniques. Contributions to open-source initiatives like the Fedora Project and openSUSE Project reflect a commitment to packaging scientific codes. Past experiences include a developer role at Gentoo Linux and postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, showcasing expertise in scientific package maintenance and multiscale methods development.