Francisco Villaescusa-navarro
Research Scientist at Simons Foundation
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolFrancisco Villaescusa-navarro is a research scientist with 13 years of experience at the intersection of physics and computational science, currently designing agentic systems to accelerate scientific discovery at the Simons Foundation in New York. Trained with a PhD in Physics from the University of Valencia, he has held research roles at Princeton, the Flatiron Center for Computational Astrophysics, and OATS INAF, applying advanced simulation and data-driven methods to astrophysical problems. He combines deep theoretical grounding with practical computational expertise to build autonomous workflows that help turn complex scientific questions into testable hypotheses. Known for bridging academic rigor and engineering pragmatism, he brings a track record of collaborative research in elite institutions and a focus on amplifying scientist productivity through intelligent automation.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of Valencia
Github Skills (17)
simulation10
fenics10
random-walk10
visualization10
cosmology10
simulations10
power-systems10
density-estimation10
cython10
hydrodynamics10
python9
orbital-mechanics9
astrodynamics9
machine-learning8
astrophysics8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
franciscovillaescusa/Pylians3
Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
Libraries to analyze numerical simulations (python3)
Contributions:2 reviews, 172 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 1 month
pythonn-bodysimulationbispectrumpower-systems
franciscovillaescusa/CAMELS
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Software written to analyze the output of the CAMEL simulations.
Contributions:1 review, 185 commits, 20 PRs in 2 years 4 months
pythonastrophysicssimulationssimulationdensity-estimation
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