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.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
German, English, Russian, French
Github Skills (39)
visualization10
python10
modeling-tool10
energy10
model-comparison10
electrical-engineering10
modeling10
sustainability9
power-systems9
data-warehouse9
climate-science9
optimisation9
snl-applications9
energy-system9
renewable-energy9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
phackstock/nomenclature
Sep 2021 - Jun 2026
A package to work with IAMC-style variable templates
Contributions:3 reviews, 6 PRs, 476 pushes in 4 years 9 months
variable
phackstock/units
Nov 2021 - Nov 2025
Common unit definitions for integrated assessment research
Contributions:8 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years
integratedintegrated-assessmentunitdefinitionsassessment
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