Adrian Thompson
Postdoctoral Scholar at Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdrian Thompson is a postdoctoral scholar based in Chicago with eight years of experience at the interface of theoretical high-energy physics, astrophysics, and accelerator phenomenology. He builds production-grade research software—authoring tools for beam pion transport, axion-like particle simulations, and the pyCEvNS neutrino library—bringing practical coding experience from both academia and industry. His research spans neutrino physics at future muon colliders, meson portals to new forces, and how supernova neutrinos excite nuclei, combining analytic theory with computational simulation. Adrian's work blends Bayesian inference and advanced transport solvers, reflecting a rare mix of statistical rigor and physics-first simulation design. He holds a PhD in Elementary Particle Physics from Texas A&M and a dual degree in Physics and Mathematics from UC Santa Cruz. Outside core research, he has applied software quality and web-consulting skills at Waymo and Metaculus, underscoring a versatile engineering background.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics at Texas A&M UniversityUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Spanish, English
Github Skills (9)
calculation8
atomic5
validation5
physics5
python3
pip3
muon2
electron2
tabulator2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
athompson-git/alplib
Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
Axion-Like Particles
Contributions:1 release, 93 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 11 months
particles
athompson-tamu/pyCEvNS
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
python package for CEvNS
Contributions:2 PRs, 88 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 5 months
python-packagepython
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