Michael Wallbank
Senior Software Engineer at Blaize
Naperville, Illinois, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Wallbank is a Senior Software Engineer and experimental physicist with a decade of experience applying AI and software engineering to accelerator and high-energy physics problems. He has led end-to-end software stacks for large experiments—building DAQ, processing and analysis frameworks—and played central roles in NOvA, DUNE and the IOTA facility where Optical Stochastic Cooling was first demonstrated. At Fermilab he bridged research and deployment through AI integration for accelerator operations and pioneered a novel Optical Stochastic Crystallization concept with potential EUV applications. Comfortable in both lab operations and production engineering, he combines hands-on detector commissioning and beamline expertise with modern ML and systems development. Now based in Naperville and working as a senior engineer at Blaize, he brings a rare blend of physics-driven research insight and practical software delivery skills. Colleagues rely on him for translating complex experimental requirements into reliable, production-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics at The University of SheffieldPhysics (BSc MPhys), Physics, Physics (BSc MPhys), Physics at University of Warwick
English, French
Github Skills (1)
physics8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mike-wallbank/workspace
Jun 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:89 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
mike-wallbank/thesis
Jul 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:56 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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