Jacob King
Senior Scientist, Partner at Fiat Lux
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob King is a computational physicist and applied scientist with 11 years of experience specializing in high-temperature plasma magnetohydrodynamics for fusion applications. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Prof. Carl Sovinec and has progressed from research roles to leading fusion science teams at Tech-X before transitioning to a senior scientist and partner role at Fiat Lux. Jacob blends deep theoretical expertise with production-scale simulation and software development, guiding teams that translate MHD research into usable modeling tools for fusion devices. Based in Lafayette, Colorado, he is comfortable bridging academic rigor and industry delivery, often working at the intersection of physics, numerical methods, and engineering requirements. A detail that sets him apart is sustained leadership across both research and commercial settings while maintaining active technical authorship in computational plasma physics.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at University of KansasDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (39)
python10
windows10
linux10
hpc10
macos10
build-tools10
configurations10
package-manager10
scientific-computing10
multiple-versions9
spack8
cluster-computing8
parallel7
openmp7
fusion7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jacobrking/superlu_dist
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Distributed memory, MPI based SuperLU
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 year 7 months
distributed-memorymemorympidistributed-computinghigh-performance
jacobrking/spack
Jun 2023 - Feb 2024
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Contributions:10 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
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