Philip Blom
Geophysicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolPhilip Blom is a geophysicist and infrasound scientist with over a decade of experience developing atmospheric acoustic propagation models and network-level signal analysis for Los Alamos National Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Mississippi where he pioneered geometric acoustics methods for predicting infrasonic waveforms and studied microbarom generation from ocean storms. At LANL he has transitioned from postdoc to staff scientist, applying physical and numerical simulation tools to nuclear detonation detection, technical nuclear forensics, and seismoacoustic characterization of explosions and supersonic sources. Philip blends deep theoretical acoustics with practical algorithm development for association, localization, and characterization of seismoacoustic signals, often working on problems directly relevant to defense non-proliferation. Colleagues rely on his ability to turn complex wave-propagation physics into operationally useful prediction and analysis tools.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, 4.0 at University of MississippiBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, 3.7, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, 3.7 at University of Louisville
Github Skills (12)
location10
signal-processing9
simulate9
infrared9
seismology8
propagation8
geometric8
acoustics7
python7
simulation7
raytracing7
ray6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
LANL-Seismoacoustics/infraGA
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Methods to simulate propagation of infrasound in the limit of geometric acoustics
Contributions:65 commits, 2 PRs, 71 pushes in 2 years 6 months
propagationacousticssimulationgeometricinfrasound
LANL-Seismoacoustics/GeoAc
Sep 2015 - Jul 2020
Infrasonic ray tracing code
Contributions:28 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 4 years 10 months
raypropagationtracingray-tracinginfrared
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