Phil Bentley
Guest Researcher at European Spallation Source ERIC
Kalmar County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolPhil Bentley is a physicist-turned-software developer and researcher with 12 years of experience optimising high-dimensional, nonlinear systems for neutron instrumentation and data analysis. Currently a Guest Researcher at Lund University and a software developer/data scientist at the European Spallation Source, he blends hands-on coding with domain expertise to rethink large-data analysis using information-theoretic approaches. His career spans leading neutron optics and shielding groups, running activation simulations, and deploying million-dollar optical systems, demonstrating practical impact from design through commissioning. Phil has a track record of applying AI and genetic algorithms to instrument design and has developed beam modelling methods that cut simulation time dramatically. Beyond work he’s a multidisciplinary maker—developer, photographer, guitarist and gardener—which informs a pragmatic, creative problem-solving style. Based in Kalmar County, Sweden, he brings academic rigor from a PhD in Physics to industrial-scale experimental challenges.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MSci, Physics, MSci, Physics at University of St AndrewsPhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at University of Leeds
English, French, German, Swedish
Github Skills (6)
integer-programming5
integer4
r-package4
optimization3
r2
linear-programming2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
localoptimum/warp2
Jun 2014 - Jun 2022
Contributions:43 commits, 3 pushes in 8 years 1 month
localoptimum/emtk
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024
Event Mode Toolkit
Contributions:1 PR, 160 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
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