Hugh Burton
Royal Society University Research Fellow at UCL
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHugh Burton is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and theoretical chemist based in Cambridge with nine years of research experience developing new models to predict challenging electron behavior in molecules where standard methods fail. He has held fellowships and research positions at UCL, Cambridge and Oxford, bridging independent and collaborative projects from PhD to current independent lead roles. Hugh combines deep theoretical expertise with practical software experience from industry internships and contributions, enabling methods that are both conceptually novel and implementable. Known for tackling strongly correlated electron problems, he brings a track record of securing competitive fellowships and translating rigorous mathematical ideas into computational tools used by chemistry researchers.
9 years of coding experience
5 A* at A-Level including Chemistry, Geology, Further Maths, Maths, and Physics, 5 A* at A-Level including Chemistry, Geology, Further Maths, Maths, and Physics at Hills Road Sixth Form CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry at University of Cambridge
English
Github Skills (4)
orthogonal9
c-library8
matrix8
cpp7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hgaburton/libgnme
Mar 2021 - Feb 2023
A C++ library for evaluating non-orthogonal matrix elements in electronic structure
Contributions:3 reviews, 102 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 11 months
cppc-libraryelectronic-structureelementsorthogonal
hgaburton/quantel
May 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:6 PRs, 104 pushes, 13 branches in 10 months
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