Brody Bassett
Computational Physicist
Livermore, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrody Bassett is a computational physicist with 11 years of experience applying nuclear engineering and high-performance simulation techniques at national labs and in industry. He holds a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan and has progressed from graduate researcher roles at Los Alamos to postdoctoral and staff scientist positions at Lawrence Livermore before joining Pacific Fusion. Brody contributes to open-source scientific software—most notably backend improvements to the widely used OpenMC Monte Carlo code—focused on energy-bin handling and source-sampling robustness. He blends deep numerical physics expertise with production-grade code hygiene and performance-minded fixes, making complex particle-transport tools more reliable. Based in Livermore, CA, he brings a research-to-deployment perspective that helps bridge modeling innovation and practical fusion-relevant applications.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Engineering at University of MichiganMaster of Science (MS), Nuclear Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at Brigham Young University
Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
fortran10
openmc10
cluster-computing8
accelerated-computing8
scientific-computing8
high-performance8
parallel-computing8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
openmc-dev/openmc
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
OpenMC Monte Carlo Code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Brody primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the OpenMC code. Their work involved modifications to the energy bin handling in the multigroup mode, including correcting the ordering of energy bins, and integrating minimum and maximum energy checks during source sampling. Furthermore, they performed several code cleanups, removing whitespace and correcting issues in the energy bin management. These changes suggest a focus on optimizing the core nuclear simulation calculations.
computational-physicsnuclear-energyopenmcnuclear-fusionnuclear-engineering
brbass/hare
Apr 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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