SHI Collaboration Profiles

Profile pages for Sustainable Horizons Institute SRP 2025-2026 Project Leaders


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Megan Phinney

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Biography

Megan earned a B.S. in computer engineering at Iowa State University in 2022. She joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2020 as an undergrad student and was promoted to staff scientist in 2022. At LANL, she works on container runtimes and workflows as a part of the Charliecloud project. She also provides user support for HPC systems. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, and playing with her pit bull.

SRP Project Title

Super Containers at Super Scale

HPSF Project

Charliecloud

Topical Areas

High Performance Computing

Abstract

Your job will be software development on Charliecloud: programming; writing and editing documentation; and analyzing bug reports and feature requests. You will participate in the broader project, such as internal/external collaborations, strategy planning, code review, and research. You will collaborate with colleagues inside and outside LANL, both formally and informally, in both written and oral contexts. Finally, you will participate in technical events (e.g., lectures) and professional development activities across LANL. This is a mentored role, and your success will be a top priority for your mentor. Expect to see them on a daily basis for detailed technical and professional guidance and be fully on-site to facilitate better collaboration in this junior role.

Desired Skills

An understanding how the command line works, Linux/Unix, Shell commands, Git, Python, C, and POSIX sh programming

Lightning Talk Title

Super Charliecloud Containers at Super Scale

Keywords

Containers; Linux/Unix Shell commands; Git; Python; C; POSIX sh programming