Jeff Polton
Physical Oceanographer at National Oceanography Centre
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJeff Polton is a Physical Oceanographer and head of the Ocean–Shelf Processes Group at the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool, leading the Marine Systems Modelling subgroup and translating theory into operational shelf-sea models. With over 70 peer-reviewed papers, he specialises in wave dynamics, boundary layer processes and shelf-sea modelling, bringing a rigorous applied-maths perspective from a Cambridge MA and a PhD from Reading. His career spans academia and international research stints including Scripps, reflecting a strong track record in both fundamental dynamics and practical model development. Known for bridging detailed process understanding with predictive modelling, he combines deep domain expertise with nine years in senior research leadership.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Physical Oceanography, Ph.D, Physical Oceanography at The University of ReadingMA, Mathematics, MA, Mathematics at Girton College, University of CambridgeMaster of Arts - MA, Mathematics, Master of Arts - MA, Mathematics at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (52)
displays10
underground10
openweathermap10
ocean10
hugo-theme9
python9
radial9
noaa9
margin9
m5stack9
e-ink9
react8
api8
javascript8
hugo8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JMMP-Group/NEMO_validation
Sep 2021 - Dec 2024
Scripts for validation of NEMO output
Contributions:1 release, 6 reviews, 2 PRs in 3 years 3 months
nemovalidation
jpolton/ESP32-e-Paper-Weather-Display
Mar 2023 - Nov 2024
An ESP32 and 2.9", 4.2" or 7.5" ePaper Display reads Weather Underground data via their API and then displays the weather
Contributions:1 review, 17 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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