Gavin Weir
Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Samtens, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Top SchoolGavin Weir is a plasma physicist and experimental scientist with nine years of hands-on experience leading microwave diagnostic development and transport studies on large stellarator experiments, currently based at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. He specializes in electron heat transport, turbulence and stiffness measurements using modulated heating, electron cyclotron emission/absorption diagnostics, and multiple reflectometry systems across Wendelstein 7‑X, Heliotron J and ASDEX Upgrade. Gavin combines microwave engineering and vacuum‑vessel experience with a strong track record of designing, building and maintaining heterodyne radiometers and Doppler/correlation reflectometers for non‑invasive plasma measurements. His work is funded through EUROfusion collaborations and includes cross-machine comparisons and equilibrium optimization studies using STELLOPT, highlighting a blend of experimental skill and computational modeling. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and brings interdisciplinary experience from mechanical design to project leadership roles in international research consortia. An uncommon strength is his ability to move from hands‑on gyrotron and antenna prototyping to high‑level transport analysis, making him effective at closing the loop between hardware and physics interpretation.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical Engineering, PhD, Electrical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Spanish, English, German
Github Skills (15)
baduk9
optimization9
orbital-mechanics9
code-optimization9
gtk8
qt8
python7
matplotlib7
visualization6
data-visualization6
data-science6
bootstrapping4
pde-solver3
partial-differential-equations2
umbrella1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gmweir/IO
May 2017 - May 2022
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
gmweir/PYFFT
Mar 2018 - Apr 2023
basic dsp in python
Contributions:2 PRs, 75 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 2 months
pythonbootstrappingpython3dsppython2
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