Ben Mather
ARC Industry Fellow at University of Melbourne
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolBen Mather is an ARC Industry Fellow and computational geophysicist with a decade of experience fusing geophysical and geochemical data into Earth evolution models. Based in Sydney, he combines a PhD in Geophysics and Geodynamics with hands-on Python development and a strong commitment to open-source tooling. His career bridges academia and industry—from postdoctoral research in Dublin and Sydney to geoscience work at BHP and research leadership at the University of Melbourne—enabling practical application of advanced models to real-world resource and Earth-system problems. Known for translating complex datasets into reproducible code, he brings both deep domain expertise and pragmatic software practice to multidisciplinary teams.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
The University of MelbourneBachelor of Science (BSc), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, First class honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, First class honours at Monash University
Github Skills (94)
cartesian10
python10
wgs8410
mechanics10
h310
abaqus10
random-walk10
conda10
particle10
geospatial10
manifold10
petsc10
geomorphology10
journal9
marine9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
brmather/pycurious
Feb 2018 - Jun 2022
Python package for computing the Curie depth from the magnetic anomaly
Contributions:7 releases, 30 PRs, 224 pushes in 4 years 3 months
pythoncurie-depthmagnetismmagnetic-anomalybayesian-inference
brmather/Python-for-Geoscientists
May 2019 - May 2023
Honours coursework material
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 4 years
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