Philip Hackstock
Research Software Engineer at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Vienna, Austria
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Top SchoolPhilip Hackstock is a Research Software Engineer based in Vienna with nine years of experience building scientific software and data stewardship tools for interdisciplinary research. At IIASA he develops and maintains the scenario explorer for integrated assessment modeling, translating complex energy-economy-climate research needs into robust, open-science software. His background spans applied intelligence at Accenture, FEM simulation and GUI development for ultrasonic composites, and physics-focused roles at CERN and MedAustron, reflecting strong numerical, HPC and Python expertise. Philip thrives in international, multidisciplinary teams and brings a rare blend of experimental physics insight and production-grade software engineering to research workflows and reproducible analysis.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
German, English, Russian, French
Github Skills (42)
visualization10
python10
modeling-tool10
simulations10
energy10
power-systems10
energy-system10
renewable-energy10
electrical-engineering10
risk-assessment10
modeling10
sustainability9
climate-science9
optimisation9
snl-applications9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
phackstock/nomenclature
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
A package to work with IAMC-style variable templates
Contributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 448 pushes in 3 years 6 months
variable
phackstock/climate-assessment
Jun 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:32 pushes, 14 branches, 1 tag in 2 years 5 months
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