Nils Wentzell
Research Scientist at Simons Foundation
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolNils Wentzell is a Research Scientist at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Quantum Physics, bringing 11 years of experience applying advanced numerical methods to the quantum many-body problem. He specializes in Dynamical Mean-Field Theory, Continuous-time Quantum Monte Carlo, Exact Diagonalization, Functional Renormalization Group, and diagrammatic perturbation techniques, and leads development of the TRIQS open-source library used for many-body simulations. Equally comfortable in C++ and Python, Nils focuses on high-performance computing and parallel programming to turn sophisticated algorithms into production-grade scientific software. His background spans academic research and data-science roles at the Simons Foundation and CEA, reflecting a strong track record of translating theory into reusable computational tools. Colleagues value him for combining deep physics intuition with pragmatic software engineering to accelerate reproducible research.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenMaster of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at RWTH Aachen University
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Github Skills (115)
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generic-programming10
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haskell10
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
TRIQS/binder
May 2018 - Sep 2024
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
TRIQS/triqs
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
a Toolbox for Research on Interacting Quantum Systems
Contributions:16 releases, 72 reviews, 6 commits in 6 days
toolboxquantumquantum-computing
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