Phil Jones
Retired at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolPhil Jones is a retired climate and ocean modeling expert with 24 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he led the Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling (COSIM) project and oversaw a 20+ scientist group working on theoretical fluid dynamics and solid mechanics. He holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder and a BS in Physics and Math from Iowa State, bringing deep numerical and physical modeling expertise to high-performance computing for climate research. Known for developing ocean, sea ice and land ice models used in climate-change studies, he blends hands-on technical skills with program leadership and mentorship. Based in Los Alamos, he continues to engage with the scientific community, applying decades of modeling experience to the evolving challenges of climate simulation.
24 years of coding experience
B.S. Physics Math, B.S. Physics Math at Iowa State UniversityPh.D. Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (42)
soil10
atmosphere10
python10
fortran10
earth10
snl-applications10
exascale10
geodesy10
earth-science10
aem10
geoscience9
climate-model9
linux9
climate-science9
windows9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
philipwjones/MPAS-Model
May 2018 - Sep 2021
Repository for MPAS models and shared framework releases.
Contributions:3 PRs, 64 pushes, 54 branches in 3 years 4 months
pythonmpas
philipwjones/E3SM
May 2021 - Jul 2026
Energy Exascale Earth System Model source code.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 134 pushes in 5 years 2 months
sentinel-1climate-modelinsarearthexascale
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