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James Hickman is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Data Science and Analytics program at Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. in Computational-Physics from George Mason University (GMU) in 2017, an M.S. in Engineering-Physics from GMU in 2014, and a double-major in Physics and Applied Mathematics from Shippensburg University in 2011. His graduate work focused on applying classical atomistic simulations to various material science and condensed matter physics problems. In 2018, he was awarded an NRC postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Hickman’s post-doctoral research focused on improving inter-atomic bonding models for both metallic and covalent systems. This was done by combining the transferability of physically derived approaches with the flexibility of artificial neural networks. These perturbation hybrid models achieve near quantum accuracy in their training region while exhibiting physical extrapolation outside the training domain. Dr. Hickman continues at NIST as a guest researcher, where he focuses on problems at the intersection of machine learning and material science.

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Georgetown University: Washington, US

2021 to present | Assistant Teaching Professor (Data science and analytics (DSAN))
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National Institute of Standards and Technology: Gaithersburg, US

2018 to 2021 | Physicist: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (MML)
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George Mason University: Fairfax, Virginia, US

2012 to 2017 | Graduate research assistant (Physics )
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George Mason University: Fairfax, VA, US

2011 to 2012 | Graduate teaching assistant (Physics)
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George Mason University: Fairfax, Virginia, US

2017-12 | Ph.D (Physics)
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George Mason University: Fairfax, Virginia, US

2014-12 | Master of Science: Applied & Engineering Physics (Physics)
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Shippensburg University: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, US

2011-06 | Bachelor of Science: Physics and Applied Mathematics (double major) (Physics)
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