Alexander Klokov is a Lead Scientific Developer with 14 years of experience turning advanced geophysics research into production-grade software, currently based in Austin. He combines a Ph.D. in Geophysics with hands-on expertise in C++, CUDA, Python and full-stack web technologies to refactor legacy scientific codebases, build GPU-accelerated inference engines, and deliver robust, validated services. His career spans academia and industryโfrom seismic research and open-source contributions to leading engineering teams that deploy Bayesian inference systems for geosteering and large-scale data marts for railroad operations. Known for automating scientific validation and tuning numerical stability, he bridges the gap between experimental accuracy and engineering constraints while reducing operational cost. Multilingual and internationally experienced, he also advises GenAI model development for domain-specific geophysics applications, an unusual blend of deep domain science and modern ML engineering.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysics at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)
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Alexander Klokov - Lead Scientific Developer at Seismos