Declan Valters
Geomagnetism IT Specialist at British Geological Survey
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDeclan Valters is a geomagnetism IT specialist and research software engineer with 11 years’ experience building and optimising scientific software for earth and environmental sciences. He has delivered production-grade systems across the British Geological Survey, Met Office, EPCC and academia—ranging from flood and volcanic-ash forecasting tools to HPC workflow schedulers and secure trusted research environments. Equally comfortable in Python, C++ and Fortran, he combines hands-on development, parallelisation and DevOps (Ansible, Docker, CI) with training and mentoring to propagate Research Software Engineering best practices. Declan’s background as a PhD scientist and decade of operational engineering gives him a rare blend of domain insight and practical HPC/application optimisation skills. Based in Edinburgh, he also speaks Scottish Gaelic at certificate level, reflecting a broader commitment to continuous learning and community engagement.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Earth Science (MEarthSci) Geology, Master of Earth Science (MEarthSci) Geology at The University of EdinburghDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Earth Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Earth Atmospheric and Environmental Science at The University of ManchesterCertHE Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic), CertHE Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
English, German, scottish gaelic
Github Skills (12)
journal9
open-access9
generated-code8
academia8
vector6
python5
raster5
visualization5
wordpress3
php2
cache-control2
caching2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LSDtopotools/LSDCodingBlog
Sep 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 55 pushes in 11 months
cssjavascriptemailssendingposts
dvalters/old_github_blog
Jul 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:84 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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