Jerry Watkins
R&D S&E, Computer Science (Senior), Quantitative Modeling & Analysis Department
California, United States
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Top SchoolJerry Watkins is a senior R&D computer scientist with 12 years of experience applying quantitative modeling and data-driven methods to national-scale problems at Sandia National Laboratories. With a PhD and MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford and an exceptional academic record stretching back to UC Davis and Sierra College, he blends deep theoretical rigor with practical systems experience. At Sandia he progressed from graduate intern and postdoc roles to a senior researcher in Quantitative Modeling & Analysis, focusing on extreme-scale data science and analytics. Colleagues rely on him for translating complex physical and computational problems into robust models and scalable analysis workflows. Based in California, he brings a rare combination of aerospace engineering pedigree and hands-on high-performance computing expertise that informs both research and operational decision-making.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Aeronautical Science and Engineering; Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.99, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Aeronautical Science and Engineering; Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.99 at University of California, DavisAssociate of Science (A.S.), Engineering; Mathematics; Physics; Natural Sciences, GPA: 3.96, Associate of Science (A.S.), Engineering; Mathematics; Physics; Natural Sciences, GPA: 3.96 at Sierra CollegeMaster of Science (M.S.), Aeronautics and Astronautics, GPA: 3.85, Master of Science (M.S.), Aeronautics and Astronautics, GPA: 3.85 at Stanford University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (45)
climate-model10
fenics10
algorithms10
chemical-engineering10
lists10
modeling-tool10
computational-science10
fortran10
mpi10
energy10
climate-science10
hpc10
petsc10
earth10
trilinos10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sandialabs/ali-perf-data
Aug 2019 - Feb 2023
Albany Land Ice performance data and analysis
Contributions:3373 commits, 4 PRs, 5324 pushes in 3 years 6 months
scr-1341snl-data-analysissnl-performance-workflow
jewatkins/Trilinos
Jul 2019 - Mar 2025
Primary repository for the Trilinos Project
Contributions:127 pushes, 9 branches in 5 years 9 months
trilinos
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