Edward Linscott
Postdoctoral Scientist at Paul Scherrer Institut PSI
Villigen, Aargau, Switzerland
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Top SchoolEdward Linscott is a postdoctoral scientist with nine years of experience applying quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, and high-performance computing to computational materials science. Trained at Cambridge (PhD, MPhil) and with research stints at EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institut, he develops and deploys scalable simulation workflows to probe electronic and many-body properties of materials. His work blends deep theoretical insight—evident from early publications on dipolar Bose gases—with practical HPC expertise to accelerate first-principles studies in a national lab environment. Based in Villigen, Switzerland, he bridges academic rigor and research engineering, often translating complex algorithms into production-ready code for large-scale computations.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hons), Physics, First class, Bachelor of Science (Hons), Physics, First class at University of OtagoPHYSICAL SCIENCES, PHYSICAL SCIENCES at University of California, BerkeleySTAR Course, Mathematics, STAR Course, Mathematics at University of CanterburyCashmere High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (28)
espresso10
typst10
conda10
forge10
conda-forge9
coq9
quantum-computing9
blender8
ase8
numerical8
rendering7
molecule7
atomic7
gitlab7
python6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pseudopotential-tools/upf-tools
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Tools for handling .upf (Unified Pseudopotential Format) files
Contributions:1 release, 12 PRs, 45 pushes in 1 year 8 months
epfl-theos/koopmans-kcp
Sep 2022 - Feb 2025
Implementation of Koopmans functionals with full orbital optimization in Quantum ESPRESSO v4.1
Contributions:2 releases, 3 reviews, 21 PRs in 2 years 5 months
electronic-structurequantum-computingoptimizationquantum-algorithmstushare
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