Brandon Eskridge
Flatiron Research Fellow-Software
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Eskridge is a computational scientist and software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance scientific software, currently a Flatiron Research Fellow-Software at the Simons Foundation. He holds a PhD in condensed matter and materials physics from William & Mary and applies theoretical quantum chemistry and condensed matter expertise to develop code that runs efficiently on HPC systems. His background spans research roles from graduate instructor to postdoc, giving him a strong track record of turning complex physics problems into reliable, production-ready computational workflows. Based in New York, he blends deep domain knowledge with practical engineering—often optimizing algorithms for scale and performance rather than just prototyping. Notably, his career bridges hands-on laboratory and naval research technician experience with advanced computational modeling, reflecting both experimental grounding and numerical sophistication.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Summa Cum Laude - GPA 3.92, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Summa Cum Laude - GPA 3.92 at James Madison UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at William & Mary
Github Skills (22)
python-modules9
mcfunction6
quantum-chemistry6
abaqus5
azerothcore5
tricks5
terminology5
tuple5
dft5
abstract-syntax-tree4
software-design4
refactoring4
devkit4
ponylang4
trinitycore3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bkesk/embeddingAFQMC
Oct 2022 - Feb 2026
A library of utilities for performing embedding / downfolding AFQMC calculations
Contributions:8 PRs, 17 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 4 months
embeddingcalculations
bkesk/bkesk
Jul 2021 - Mar 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 10 branches in 4 years 9 months
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