Chase Shyu
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolChase Shyu is a postdoctoral fellow in geodynamics and tectonics based in Austin, Texas, with a decade of research experience bridging numerical modeling, thermochronology, and surface process dynamics. He developed and optimized key surface-process modules and parallelization strategies for the open-source DynEarthSol codebase, improving accuracy and performance across OpenMP, OpenACC, and Arm64 Docker environments. His PhD work probed sedimentary basin interactions during continental rifting, combining fault strain analysis with sediment transport to reveal how dynamic basin architecture evolves over time. Comfortable moving between field concepts and high-performance code, he has practical experience translating geoscience problems into robust computational solutions. Outside academia he pursues mountain hiking, logic programming, and a personal interest in spiritual exploration, hinting at a reflective, systems-oriented mindset.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Master’s Degree, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at National Taiwan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Earth System Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Earth System Sciences at Academia Sinica & National Central University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (20)
modeling-tool9
agent-based-modeling9
modeling9
cpp9
openmp9
python7
planet5
geoscience4
wps4
ord4
data-format4
openacc4
scale3
geophysics3
earth-science3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chaseshyu/DynEarthSol
Nov 2019 - May 2024
A flexible modeling tool for geological/tectonic problems
Contributions:2 releases, 14 PRs, 163 pushes in 4 years 7 months
tectonicgeologicalpythonagent-based-modelingproblems
chaseshyu/geoflac
May 2020 - Jul 2024
Contributions:11 releases, 38 pushes, 8 branches in 4 years 2 months
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