Frederik Simons
Professor And Associate Chair
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolFrederik Simons is a Princeton professor and associate chair with over a decade of leadership in solid-Earth geophysics, combining geological intuition, geophysical training, and strong computational and mathematical skills. He designs theoretical and inverse-method frameworks to extract information from complex, heterogeneous global datasets—especially spherical, partially observed processes—and leads efforts to expand observational coverage by developing floating hydrophones for oceanic tomography. A reproducible-research advocate, he mentors students and runs cross-institutional initiatives like the EarthScope-Oceans Consortium while maintaining active research ties through fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study. Based in New Jersey, he holds a PhD in Geophysics and Seismology from MIT and brings rare expertise spanning seismic, mechanical, thermal, and magnetic properties of planetary lithospheres.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geophysics and Seismology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geophysics and Seismology at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLicentiate degree, Geology/Earth Science, General, Grootste Onderscheiding, Licentiate degree, Geology/Earth Science, General, Grootste Onderscheiding at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Dutch, French, English, German
Github Skills (14)
scalar10
harmonic10
matlab9
geophysics8
localization8
latex6
python6
bibtex5
vector4
bibliography4
julia4
floating2
marine2
ios1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
csdms-contrib/slepian_alpha
May 2015 - Jan 2023
Contributions:4 releases, 304 commits, 5 PRs in 7 years 9 months
scalarsphericalharmonicslepian-functions
csdms-contrib/slepian_zero
Nov 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 403 commits, 1 PR in 6 years
pythonmatlabgeophysicsmatlab-functions
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