David Topping
Honorary Academic at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Topping is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist and technologist with 11+ years of experience translating atmospheric science, high-performance computing, and machine learning into actionable environmental insight and policy. As Professor of the Digital Environment at the University of Manchester and an honorary academic with UK Health Security Agency and Zhejiang University affiliations, he combines hands-on modelling and AI-enabled analytics with strategic leadership in national digital research infrastructure. He advises government air-quality policy, builds industry-facing monitoring solutions as CTO of Urban 360, and helps shape large-scale initiatives that connect data, users, and investment. Trained as a physicist with a PhD in computational physical chemistry, he uniquely pairs deep modelling expertise with a commitment to education and community-building across sectors and career stages. An avid coder and open-research advocate, he brings a pragmatic, collaborative approach to emerging digital-environment challenges.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Phd Physical Chemistry / Computational modelling, Phd Physical Chemistry / Computational modelling at The University of Manchester
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Github Skills (8)
predictive10
python7
machine-learning6
journal6
data-science5
open-access5
creative-commons4
academia4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
loftytopping/PyBox
Apr 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:3 releases, 176 commits, 58 pushes in 2 years 7 months
loftytopping/STRAPS
Dec 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 10 pushes in 6 months
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