Abhnil Prasad
Co-Founder, CPO at ACDC Photovoltaic Research Group
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolAbhnil Prasad is an atmospheric modeller and technology entrepreneur with eight years of research-to-product experience translating weather and climate science into engineering solutions. As Co-Founder and CPO of Insight PV he applies state-of-the-art machine learning and real-time data pipelines—built from UNSW solar research—to optimize utility-scale solar farm performance across 200+ MW in production. His work spans from convection-resolving WRF experiments to hybrid AI surrogates for global climate models, coupling deep domain expertise with practical forecasting and risk-management products. An active contributor to international climate coordination (WCRP, CMIP Fresh Eyes) he champions Global South inclusion while bridging academic research and deployed operational systems. Based in Sydney, he brings a rare combination of hands-on atmospheric modelling, satellite nowcasting, and product leadership that shortens the path from fundamental science to revenue-driving energy technology.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Physics, Master of Science (MSc), Physics at Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at University of AucklandBachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics at University of the South Pacific
Github Skills (5)
surrogate7
gaia5
accelerator3
machine-learning3
reinforcement-learning3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
stresearch/gaia
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
Global AI Accelerator - GAIA: Code for training and running climate surrogate models
Contributions:20 commits, 1 push, 1 issue in 5 months
climatereinforcement-learningmachine-learninggaiatraining
abhnil/MD_Workshop
Nov 2024 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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