Henri Drake
Assistant Professor at UC Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolHenri Drake is an Assistant Professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine and a physical oceanographer and climate modeler with 11 years of research and software experience. He combines a PhD in Oceanography from MIT with a BS in Mathematics from Haverford to tackle coupled ocean–climate problems using open, reproducible science practices. Skilled in Julia and Python, he develops and shares tools and models that bridge numerical methods and observational analysis. His work emphasizes transparent workflows and community-facing code, reflecting active engagement with open-source research software. Based in Irvine, CA, he brings both deep theoretical training and practical computational skills to advance understanding of ocean dynamics in a changing climate.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Oceanography, Chemical and Physical, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Oceanography, Chemical and Physical at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at Haverford College
Github Skills (145)
gpu10
perf10
fluid-dynamics10
adaptation10
ocean10
julia10
fluid10
carbon-emissions10
removal10
dynamics10
solar10
modeling-tool10
fortran10
machine-learning10
climate-science10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hdrake/MOM6-examples
Mar 2022 - Apr 2025
Example configurations for MOM6 and SIS2
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 3 years
memory-efficientconfigurations
thabbott/GameOfLife
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Competitive game of life
Contributions:32 commits, 5 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 month
game-ofgamelifecompetitive
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