Damian Merrick
Director And Programmer at Hydrarch
Canberra, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDamian Merrick is a software engineer and founder with over 15 years of experience turning research-grade algorithms into production-ready systems across hydrology, GIS, transportation, defence and visualization domains. With a PhD in computer science from the University of Sydney, he has a strong research background in computational geometry, automated graph drawing and information visualization that he applies to practical products. He founded HydroAlgorithmics to build advanced groundwater and integrated hydrological modelling tools and runs indie game studio Hydrarch, demonstrating both scientific rigour and creative software craftsmanship. Previously he led UI and .NET teams at XP Solutions and Thales, providing technical direction, code reviews and mentoring on large-scale modelling and tolling supervision systems. Known for deep domain understanding, Damian specializes in translating complex problem spaces into efficient, reliable software rather than one-off prototypes. Based in Canberra, he blends academic insight with hands-on engineering and company-building.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Sydney
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (23)
prediction-model9
uncertainty-quantification9
hydrology9
ensembles9
sensitivity-analysis9
modeling9
earth-science9
uncertainty8
optimization8
modelica8
hpc-applications8
parameter-estimation8
parallel-computing8
sensitivity8
angularjs7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
damianmerrick/pestpp
Apr 2020 - May 2025
tools for scalable and non-intrusive parameter estimation, uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
scalablesensitivity-analysishpc-applicationsanalysisuncertainty-quantification
damianmerrick/modflow6
Jan 2021 - Aug 2021
MODFLOW 6 Repository
Contributions:33 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
modflow
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