Glenn Moloney
Director at NeCTAR, University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolGlenn Moloney is a director-level eResearch leader with over a decade of experience driving national research infrastructure, eLearning and grid computing initiatives from Melbourne. He blends deep technical roots in experimental particle physics and data acquisition with strategic leadership—having led Australia’s participation in international grid projects and built the national node for the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Equally at home in research and product settings, he has overseen education-technology programs and advised government initiatives while contributing hands-on to open-source embedded Python runtimes (CircuitPython/MicroPython) improving Wi‑Fi and ESP‑NOW support for ESP32/ESP8266 devices. His profile uniquely combines PhD-trained scientific rigour with practical IoT and networking engineering, making him effective at turning complex research requirements into robust, interoperable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Melbourne
Github Skills (17)
py10
python10
c1110
microcontroller10
network-programming10
networking10
esp826610
c1710
iot10
sys10
micropython10
esp3210
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
iot-devkit10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
micropython/micropython
Jun 2018 - Aug 2022
MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:44 reviews, 5 commits, 33 PRs in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Glenn's contributions primarily involve enhancing the MicroPython implementation for ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontrollers. They focused on improving network functionality, including fixing Wi-Fi connection issues with static IP configurations and adding support for Wi-Fi protocol configurations and power-saving modes. Moreover, the user introduced support for the ESP-NOW protocol, enabling connectionless communication between ESP devices, and optimized existing code by implementing put_bytes/get_bytes functions.
pythonpython-implementationmicrocontrollerconstrainedembedded
adafruit/circuitpython
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 review, 3 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily contributed to the `circuitpython` repository by addressing networking-related issues, especially regarding WiFi connectivity and ESP-NOW protocol support for ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontrollers. Their work included fixing bugs related to static IP configurations, adding features like setting and getting the WiFi protocol, and implementing the ESP-NOW protocol. The user also added support for power-saving modes of WLAN and added constants for various communication modes in the `network` module. Furthermore, the user updated the documentation and improved the reliability of the ESP-NOW features.
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerpython3
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