Evan Anders
Member Of Technical Staff at Anthropic
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEvan Anders is an AI researcher and Member of Technical Staff with a decade of experience bridging computational science and software engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and spent nine years researching astrophysical fluid dynamics—work that included simulating stellar “twinkle” and contributing to high-impact science coverage. Evan is an active contributor to the Dedalus project, improving core spectral-PDE functionality like basis functions, operators, and CFL calculations, reflecting deep expertise in numerical methods and robust testing. Now at Anthropic, he applies his background in physics-scale simulation and scientific software to AI research, while off-duty he pursues climbing, hiking, and knitting—an unusual mix that hints at patience and precision in both code and craft.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at Whitworth University
Github Skills (10)
fluid-dynamics10
spec10
spectrum10
python10
spectra10
spectral10
numpy10
computational-physics9
sparse-matrix9
testing7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DedalusProject/dedalus
Sep 2015 - May 2022
A flexible framework for solving PDEs with modern spectral methods.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 13 commits, 5 PRs in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Evan primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the Dedalus framework, focusing on the core functionalities related to basis functions, operators, and CFL calculations. Their commits involved fixing issues in the `BallBasis` and `SphericalGradient` classes, as well as restructuring the CFL implementation. They also added testing to verify their changes. These changes suggest a focus on maintaining and improving the core functionality of the Dedalus framework.
solvingflexible-frameworkfinite-element-analysisfenicspde-solver
evanhanders/schwarzschild_or_ledoux
Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:124 commits, 3 pushes in 4 months
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