Fergus Baker
PHD Candidate
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolFergus Baker is a PhD candidate and research associate in astrophysics at the University of Bristol with 11 years of software engineering experience, combining hands-on coding in Java, C++ and Python with Linux systems and web development (JS, PHP). His current research on black hole accretion is complemented by practical skills in IoT development and applied system security and penetration testing. Comfortable across research and engineering domains, he prefers privacy-respecting code hosting (sr.ht and Codeberg) over mainstream platforms, reflecting a pragmatic, security-minded approach to tooling. Based in Bristol, he brings academic rigor from a Masters in Astrophysics (Royal Holloway) to complex software problems, often translating theoretical models into working prototypes. Colleagues can expect a researcher-developer who navigates both low-level systems and higher-level web stacks while delivering reproducible, well-engineered results.
11 years of coding experience
Masters, Astrophysics, Masters, Astrophysics at Royal Holloway, University of London
English, German
Github Skills (200)
padding10
arduino-library10
profiling10
symbolic-manipulation10
science10
julia10
raytracing10
des10
spectral10
physics10
profiler10
theory9
event-handling9
xspec9
root-finding9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
fjebaker/fuzzig
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Fuzzy finder algorithms a la Smith-Waterman for Zig.
Contributions:16 reviews, 7 PRs, 33 pushes in 11 months
alignmentfuzzy-finderfuzzy-searchfzfsmith-waterman
fjebaker/global-game-jam-2023
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 release, 20 reviews, 58 PRs in 7 days
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