Ben Esse
Researcher at The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Esse is a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Manchester with nine years' experience applying satellite remote sensing and meteorological datasets to quantify volcanic gas emissions. Trained in physics and astrophysics (MPhys, York) and holding a PhD in Volcanology/Geosciences from Manchester, he combines rigorous field-focused science with practical software engineering, primarily in Python. He develops bespoke analysis tools and GUIs for spectral analysis and instrument interfaces, and his software is actively deployed at multiple volcano observatories worldwide to support real-time monitoring. A published researcher and international conference presenter, he is comfortable scaling and operationalising large geospatial datasets into robust monitoring systems—an unusual mix of academic depth and production-grade tooling.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at The University of ManchesterMPhys Astrophysics, MPhys Astrophysics at University of York
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Github Skills (10)
resampling9
kd-tree8
retrieval7
python-modules6
python5
numpy3
dask3
geospatial3
parcel2
monitoring2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ManchesterVolcanology/PlumeTraj
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
July 2020 version of PlumeTraj
Contributions:4 PRs, 97 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
ManchesterVolcanology/FTpyR
Apr 2022 - Aug 2025
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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