Alan Duffy
Director at mDetect
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolAlan Duffy is an interdisciplinary director, astrophysicist and founder with 12+ years leading large-scale computational science and deep-tech ventures from Melbourne. As CEO and cofounder of muon-imaging startup mDetect and Pro Vice Chancellor for Flagship Initiatives at Swinburne, he builds transdisciplinary coalitions that translate astrophysics into commercial and community impact. He combines hands-on expertise in massively parallel supercomputer modelling (C/C++, Fortran, IDL, Python) with practical experience deploying underground particle detectors like SABRE. His research spans simulations that probe dark matter and space-tech applications, while his leadership roles have bridged academia, industry and public science engagement. Notably, he has spun simulation-driven insights into real-world sensing technology that “sees the unseeable,” applying cosmic particle physics to subsurface business problems. Educated at Manchester (PhD) and actively training in corporate governance, he mixes rigorous research, public communication and startup execution.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Member and currently undertaking Company Directors Course, Member and currently undertaking Company Directors Course at Australian Institute of Company DirectorsPhD Astronomy, PhD Astronomy at The University of ManchesterLeiden University
Github Skills (20)
gravity10
mass9
power-systems9
orbital-mechanics9
simulations9
geodesy9
modeling9
astrodynamics9
hydrodynamics9
geophysics9
python8
science8
core-library8
astronomy8
cosmology8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
astroduff/commah
Nov 2014 - Nov 2019
Get conc - mass or accretion history for any cosmology
Contributions:69 commits, 2 PRs, 34 pushes in 5 years
cosmologymass
astroduff/CosmoloPy
Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
a basic numpy/scipy-based cosmology package for python
Contributions:3 PRs, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
astrologypythonnumpyastrophysicscosmology
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