Jack Jenkins
Research Fellow at European Space Agency - ESA
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolJack Jenkins is a research-focused solar physicist with a decade of experience studying dynamic solar phenomena, currently a Research Fellow at ESA after a postdoc at KU Leuven and a PhD from UCL. He leads modelling efforts on the ERC Advanced Grant PROMINENT, using the open-source MPI-AMRVAC toolkit to simulate magnetohydrodynamic processes that form pre-eruptive solar prominences—key drivers of space weather. His work includes a keynote publication in Nature Astronomy during the pandemic, reflecting both high-impact science and resilience in challenging conditions. Beyond modelling, Jack has a strong observational background from internships at STFC and the Institute of Physics, giving him a rare blend of theory, simulation, and data-analysis expertise. He maintains an active project webpage and ORCID record documenting a long-standing record of early and continuous academic contributions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Arctic Geophysics, Master’s Degree, Arctic Geophysics at The University Centre in SvalbardHigh School, High School at Ashlawn School Science and Leadership AcademyMaster’s Degree, Astrophysics, Master’s Degree, Astrophysics at Prifysgol Aberystwyth UniversityUniversity College London
English, French
Github Skills (14)
visualization10
scientific-computing9
astronomy9
python9
astrophysics9
scientific-visualization9
oceanography9
data-visualization9
geophysics9
simulations9
finite-element-analysis9
mpi8
hosting5
ethereum4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Kiradorn/Lightweaver
Jul 2022 - May 2024
For the investigation of NLTE glowy stuff. A python framework for constructing solar NLTE radiative transfer simulations in one- and two-dimensional geometries, with an optimised C++ backend.
Contributions:117 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
investigationpythontwo-dimensionalsolarnlte
Kiradorn/yt
Aug 2020 - Feb 2023
Main yt repository
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 6 months
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