David Knapp
Stellvertretender Teammanager at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Knapp is a researcher and deputy team manager at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with nine years of experience developing high-performance, massively parallel numerical software. He is a core developer of the open-source t8code library, bringing deep C++ expertise and a focus on hybrid adaptive mesh refinement and parallel optimization. As a PhD candidate in mathematics at the University of Cologne with an MSc in computer science from Bonn, he bridges rigorous theory and practical implementation while supervising students and leading research project sections. His background includes international HPC training through PRACE and hands-on science communication as host of DLR’s "code stories" podcast, reflecting an unusual blend of technical depth and outreach.
9 years of coding experience
PhD Mathematik, PhD Mathematik at University of CologneMaster of Science - MS Informatik, Master of Science - MS Informatik at The University of Bonn
English, French, German, Turkish
Github Skills (19)
simulation10
mesh10
spin10
parallel10
simulations10
mpi10
hpc10
parallel-computing10
hyperbolic10
data-structures10
amr10
modeling10
julia10
fluid-dynamics9
petsc8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Davknapp/Trixi.jl
Aug 2022 - Oct 2023
Trixi.jl: Adaptive high-order numerical simulations of hyperbolic PDEs in Julia
Contributions:1 review, 46 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
adaptivenumerical-simulationssimulationshigh-orderjulia
Davknapp/t8code
Mar 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 316 pushes in 6 years 9 months
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