Luke Decker
Exploration Geophysicist
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolLuke Decker is an exploration geophysicist and computational scientist with 13 years of experience applying advanced signal processing, time-series analysis, and machine learning to subsurface problems in both industry and academia. With a PhD from UT Austin’s Oden Institute, he specializes in optimal parameter estimation for large datasets and brings deep expertise in HPC and parallel programming using C++, Fortran, Python, and Julia. At Chevron he has bridged research and applied geophysics—translating mathematical models and differential-equation-based forward problems into production workflows. Luke’s background spans open-source development, statistical modeling, and optimization, and he holds work authorization for both the US and EU, enabling international collaborations. A less obvious strength is his dual grounding in physics and geophysics (BA and BS) that informs pragmatic, physically consistent modeling choices.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Science Engineering and Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Science Engineering and Mathematics at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Science (BS) Geophysics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Geophysics at Western Washington UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Physics at Whitman CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Bishop Blanchet High School
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Github Skills (85)
sympy10
rtm10
splines10
reproducible-science9
computation9
abaqus9
julia9
finite-difference9
compiler-optimization9
data-management9
code-generation9
geophysics9
dsl9
atmospheric-modelling9
idris8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ChevronETC/Devito.jl
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Julia wrapper for Devito functionality. Part of the COFII framework.
Contributions:21 reviews, 217 commits, 191 PRs in 1 year 5 months
julia-languagejulia-wrappersplinesdevitojulia
deckerla/ww-Hou17
Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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