Luke Barnard
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow In Space Weather Data Assimilation
Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLuke Barnard is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and associate professor at the University of Reading with a decade of experience developing data assimilation techniques for heliospheric imaging and space weather forecasting. His work focuses on integrating white light heliospheric imager data into numerical models to better understand and predict the evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections across the inner solar system. He has progressed through successive STFC- and NERC-funded projects at Reading, combining rigorous PhD-level space environment physics with hands-on model and climatology development. Luke’s research sits at the interface of observational analysis and operational forecasting, improving both scientific understanding and practical CME prediction capabilities. Notably, he applies long-term solar activity reconstructions alongside real-time imagery to bridge space climate and space weather perspectives.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Space Environment Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Space Environment Physics at University of ReadingMPhys, Physics, 1st class, MPhys, Physics, 1st class at University of Southampton
Github Skills (26)
simulation10
python10
astronomy10
solar10
physics10
sun10
astropy9
wrapper8
ttk8
pythonic7
espn7
space6
pypi6
spice5
pip5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
University-of-Reading-Space-Science/HUXt
Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
HUXt - a lightweight solar wind model.
Contributions:11 releases, 82 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 6 months
solarwindsolar-wind
LukeBarnard/stereo_spice
Apr 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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