Graham Kerr
Royal Society University Research Fellow at University of Glasgow
Washington, District of Columbia, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGraham Kerr is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and solar physicist with a decade of experience probing the physics of solar flares through combined observations and advanced numerical modelling. He has led NASA-funded projects at Goddard and a NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship, developing and applying RADYN-based flare arcade simulations to interpret space- and ground-based datasets (IRIS, Hinode, RHESSI, SDO, BBSO/GST). Graham has secured over $4M in government and institutional funding, played prominent roles in international heliophysics collaborations, and mentored early-career researchers. Beyond research, he is active in public outreach and science education, and his background includes hands-on leadership roles from camp counselor to supervising waterfront safety—illustrating a practical, team-oriented approach to complex scientific programmes.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Solar Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Solar Physics at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (14)
solar10
spectral10
astronomy9
ambient9
python8
spice7
exchange7
astropy7
beam5
mercury4
ros4
workbench3
integrate1
idl1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
grahamkerr/grahamkerr.github.io
Jan 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:219 pushes in 3 years 1 month
grahamkerr/pTau
Oct 2021 - Apr 2024
Computation of simple H background opacities and tau scale
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
computationscalebackgroundtau
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