Chris Bradley
Reading, England, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Bradley is a Research Software Engineer at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in London, where he translates advanced research into robust software for weather and climate modeling. With nine years of experience spanning academia and applied software, he holds a PhD in Computational Physics / Quantum Chemistry from Imperial College London, an MSc in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Distinction), and an MSci in Physics with Theoretical Physics (First-Class Honours). Earlier in his career he contributed as a JavaScript developer and served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Computing, reflecting a strong blend of hands-on coding and teaching. His work sits at the intersection of physics, numerical methods, and software engineering, enabling scalable, reproducible research workflows at a high-performance computing scale. Based in London, he brings a rigorous academic background combined with practical production-grade software delivery. An active problem-solver, he consistently transforms complex theoretical insights into reliable tooling that accelerates scientific discovery.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Physics / Quantum Chemistry, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Physics / Quantum Chemistry, Completed at Imperial College LondonA-Level, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Biology, A*A*A*aa, A-Level, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Biology, A*A*A*aa at Loreto College Coleraine
English, Spanish
Github Skills (38)
fdb10
feature-extraction9
semantics9
grib8
formatting7
cpp7
bufr6
fortran6
syntax-highlighter6
decoding6
linter5
encoding5
c-plus-plus5
vscode-extension5
macros5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ecmwf/gribjump
May 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 73 PRs in 10 months
fdbfeature-extractiongribpolytope
ChrisspyB/chrisspyb.github.io
Jul 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 3 years 4 months
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