Nathan Cook
Lead Project Scientist at RadiaSoft LLC
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Cook is a lead project scientist with 11+ years designing and simulating advanced accelerator systems, spanning alternative low-energy ion acceleration, high-current synchrotron lattices, and beam-driven plasma concepts. Based in Boulder, he blends experiment and computation to advance medical and energy applications of ion beams—radiation therapy, treatment planning, accelerator-driven subcritical reactors, and inertial fusion. At RadiaSoft he drives scientific software and diagnostics development for laser-plasma and beam-plasma accelerators, thermionic energy conversion, and ultrahigh-quality electron sources. His work uniquely pairs kinetic and MHD modeling with hands-on diagnostic calibration, reflecting a rare combination of computational depth and experimental lab experience.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at Stony Brook UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics at Williams College
Github Skills (31)
simulation10
particle10
diffraction9
physics9
warp8
gpu8
python-modules8
simulations8
python7
performance-tuning6
bash6
beam6
optimization5
curl5
optimizer5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
radiasoft/rssympim
Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 35 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year
lynch829/beamsim
Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:52 commits in 4 months
particlepythonradiationsimulationssimulation
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