Jeremy Scheff

jdscheff@gmail.com • dumbmatter.com •
dumbmatter

Video game developer with a background in web development and mathematical biology

Work experience

ZenGM, zengm.com
Self-employed video game developer
2008-2021 (part time), 2021-present (full time)
2008-2021 (part time)
Developed a series of web-based sports management simulation video games, most notably Basketball GM. Tens of thousands of active users collectively spend over 10,000 hours per day playing ZenGM games.
Covance
Senior Data Scientist
Data Scientist
2018-2021
2014-2018
Worked on a clinical trial data warehouse and ETL system, first as a developer and later as the project lead. Devised novel anomaly detection algorithms for clinical trial data.
Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute
Research Scientist
2013-2014
Created a mathematical model of the heat shock response (doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2015.06.027). Initiated an in vitro experimental project on cell type heterogeneity in the heat shock response.
Avatic, avatic.com
Web Developer
2000-2008
Side hustle during high school and college. Developed open source web statistics software with hundreds of thousands of users, both downloadable and SaaS versions. Created a web-based multiplayer video game that had over 80,000 registered users.

Education

Rutgers University
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
2008-2013
Honors: Rutgers School of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Studied computational systems biology of inflammation. Developed mathematical models and analyzed high throughput data. My favorite publication from my PhD is doi:10.1016/j.mbs.2014.03.010 and several more are available on my website.
Rutgers University
BS in Biomedical Engineering, minor in Math
Minor in Math
2004-2008
Honors: summa cum laude

Open source

Technical skills