James Wetzel
Adjunct Research Professor at University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolJames Wetzel is an interdisciplinary research scientist and entrepreneur with 11+ years of experience designing experimental systems, process architectures, and hands-on instrumentation for academic and commercial environments. Currently an Adjunct Research Professor working on next-generation calorimetry for the U.S. Department of Energy, he also founded the MACRO Consortium to sustain a multi-institution robotic observatory program and launched a hardware startup (Animal Lamps LLC) that rethinks infrared heating. His background spans deep experimental physics (PhD in Big Data/Elementary Particle Physics), R&D leadership at companies like FarrPro and xDose, and applied teaching outreach from rural high schools to immersive summer schools. Comfortable moving between lab benches, prototype manufacturing, and curriculum design, he brings entrepreneurial drive and a penchant for practical, production-ready solutions that most academic researchers don’t typically pursue.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Big Data / Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Big Data / Elementary Particle Physics at University of Iowa
German
Github Skills (10)
cms9
ckan6
metadata5
ascom5
quartz4
robotics3
automation2
python2
astropy1
astronomy1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jwwetzel/qCal
Jul 2018 - Jul 2022
quartz-cherenkov based calorimeter
Contributions:69 commits, 18 PRs, 62 pushes in 3 years 11 months
quartz
obdesigngroup/3DCMS
Jan 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 4 comments in 2 years 4 months
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