Brian Burnham
Senior Geoscientist at VRGeoscience Limited
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Burnham is a Senior Geoscientist with over 15 years of expertise at the intersection of Earth science and technology, specializing in 3D remote sensing, geospatial modelling, and quantitative sedimentology. He has led multidisciplinary projects from academia to industry—building global databases of 3D digital outcrops, generating stochastic facies and carbon-distribution models, and producing synthetic seismic forward models to quantify subsurface uncertainty. Currently at VRGeoscience, he develops advanced analytical methods for digital outcrop interpretation, having previously managed satellite- and UAV-based surveys for catchment and peatland studies. A skilled field and lab practitioner with a PhD in Basin Analysis, he pairs hands-on lidar/UAV acquisition experience with software-driven analysis and is a vocal advocate for open science and resource sharing. Notably, his background bridges arts & technology and geosciences, enabling innovative visualisation and 3D educational tools alongside rigorous research.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Arts & Technology with Geology concentration, Masters, Arts & Technology with Geology concentration at The University of Texas at DallasDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Basin Analysis and Petroleum Geoscience, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Basin Analysis and Petroleum Geoscience at The University of ManchesterAcademic Honors Diploma, Academic Honors Diploma at Northwood Highschool
Github Skills (28)
mesh10
open-science10
visualization10
python10
3d10
finite-element-analysis10
scientific-visualization10
vtk10
mesh-processing10
gis9
pyvista8
geospatial8
ternary7
triangle6
forum5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bsburnham/edit_and_save_csv
Mar 2017 - Oct 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 8 months
bsburnham/52things
Oct 2019 - Oct 2023
52 Things You Should Know About Geocomputing
Contributions:4 PRs, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
geospatialgis
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