Anthony Thornton
Professor Of Applied Mathematics
Greater Enschede Area Netherlands
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Top SchoolAnthony Thornton is a professor of applied mathematics and founder-CEO who has spent 13+ years advancing open science through development and industrial deployment of MercuryDPM, a leading open-source granular materials simulator. He bridges academia and industry—leading research and education roles at the University of Twente and University of Manchester while scaling MercuryLab to provide training, consultancy, and a cloud platform for large-scale particle simulations. His work uniquely pairs rigorous applied-math expertise with C++ software engineering and practical solutions for industrial problems like blending and segregation. As Science Communication Coordinator for a European open-source simulation network, he actively shapes community-driven standards and tools. Colleagues describe him as both a hands-on developer and a strategic builder who turns academic code into widely used, production-ready capabilities.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at The University of ManchesterMaster of Mathematics and Physics, Applied Mathemetics, Master of Mathematics and Physics, Applied Mathemetics at Kingsway highschool
Github Skills (4)
computational-science8
petsc7
finite-element-analysis6
lammps3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
antRthorn/lammps
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 5 months
lammps
antRthorn/test
Jun 2021 - Jan 2024
A small repository to test the features of github.
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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