Working together with MDAnalysis

[KaraNxKP007]

Hi everyone,

My name is Karan, and I’m a final-year engineering student at IIT Jodhpur with a strong interest in computational analysis and scientific software. I’ve recently started exploring MDAnalysis and find the project’s approach to molecular dynamics analysis extremely interesting.

I have hands-on experience with Python, particularly NumPy and Pandas, and I also work comfortably with JavaScript. While I’m still getting started with open-source contributions, I’m very motivated to learn best practices, understand the codebase, and contribute meaningfully.

This year, I’m looking to actively contribute to MDAnalysis , learn from the community, and collaborate on real-world problems in molecular dynamics analysis. I’d love to start with beginner-friendly issues, documentation improvements, or small bug fixes to get familiar with the workflow.

If anyone could point me toward suitable starting issues or suggest how I can best get involved, I’d really appreciate it. I’m excited about the possibility of working together and growing with the project.

Thanks for your time and guidance!

Best regards,
Karan

[dipraj02]

Hi everyone,

My name is Dipraj, and I’m a Pharmacy 3rd year student with a strong interest in computational analysis and scientific software. I’ve recently started exploring MDAnalysis and find the project’s approach to molecular dynamics analysis that is related to drugs and protein interactions that is i an very keen off.

I have hands-on experience with Python, particularly NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn and other Machine Learing Libraries also like Scikit-learn. I am very new to this open source contribution community and wanted to learn and contribute to this organization

This year, I’m looking to actively contribute to MDAnalysis , learn from the community, and collaborate on real-world problems in molecular dynamics analysis. I’d love to start with beginner-friendly issues, documentation improvements, or small bug fixes to get familiar with the workflow.

If anyone could point me toward suitable starting issues or suggest how I can best get involved, I’d really appreciate it. I’m excited about the possibility of working together and growing with the project.

Best regards,
Dipraj

[thakkardhruvi205]

Hi everyone,

I’m Dhruvi, a B.Sc. Data Science student with experience in Python and data analysis. I’ve recently started exploring MDAnalysis and have been going through the documentation and contributor guidelines to understand the codebase.

I’m currently setting up the development environment locally and would like to begin with beginner-friendly issues, especially related to documentation, tests, or small analysis components.

If there are any recommended starter issues or areas where new contributors can be most helpful, I’d appreciate any guidance.

Looking forward to learning and contributing.

Best regards,
Dhruvi

[orbeckst]

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