Oliver Henrich
Research Software Engineer And Associate Professor
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Henrich is a Research Software Engineer and Associate Professor based in Glasgow with 18 years applying high-performance computing to computational physics, CFD, materials science and biomolecular modelling. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics and combines deep algorithm and software development expertise (MPI/OpenMP, C/C++, Fortran, Python) with a strong record of research leadership in academia and national HPC centres. At Strathclyde and previously Edinburgh and UCL he has led interdisciplinary projects, built research software teams, and secured competitive fellowships, translating complex science into robust, reusable code. He is an active contributor to the LAMMPS molecular dynamics codebase, implementing new simulation fixes and model enhancements that underpin community-scale MD research. Colleagues praise his communication and team-building skills, and he brings an experimental mindset to software design—balancing refactoring and correctness with practical performance on large-scale systems.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) at Universität Konstanz / University of KonstanzDiplom-Physiker (MSc), Diplom-Physiker (MSc) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Github Skills (7)
simulations10
simulation10
c-language10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
cprogramming-language10
molecular-simulation10
nonlinear-dynamics10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
lammps/lammps
May 2018 - Jan 2022
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 93 commits, 30 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Oliver's commits primarily involve modifications to the source code of the LAMMPS molecular dynamics software package. These changes include the implementation of a new fix command related to bond reactions, the addition of the "orient/eco" fix for grain boundary motion simulations, and the modification of existing pair styles for the oxDNA2 coarse-grained DNA model. The user has also been involved in correcting the code, and refactoring the overall code.
lammpsmolecular-dynamicssimulationkokkos
ohenrich/oxdna-viewer
Jan 2020 - Aug 2024
oxDNA configuration viewer
Contributions:14 pushes, 11 branches in 4 years 7 months
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