Huy Nguyen

Huy Nguyen

Former Front-End Developer
Huy Nguyen

Huy is a front-end web developer and led the front-end development of the Atlas of Economic Complexity. He designed the Atlas' front-end architecture, implemented the user interface and visualizations, and created a sophisticated build pipeline to bundle assets in the most efficient manner for delivery to the browser. He's passionate about making beautiful, engaging and high-performance web applications using the latest web technologies.

Before coming to CID, he was a front-end developer at the data visualization firm Periscopic where he worked on projects for major clients like the US Patent & Trademark Office and the Gates Foundation.

Huy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Reed College where he studied physics and operated a nuclear reactor. His thesis in computational quantum physics was recognized by the American Physical Society as one of the best undergraduate physics research work in America in 2014. He co-authored a peer-reviewed journal paper before graduating from high school and was the lead author of another peer-reviewed journal paper before graduating from college.

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Contact Information

Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 34
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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