Pontus Lurcock
Software Developer at Brockmann Consult
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolPontus Lurcock is a software developer with 17 years of experience working at the intersection of geoscience and informatics, currently applying his skills in remote sensing and environmental monitoring at Brockmann Consult in Hamburg. He holds a PhD in Geology and an MSc in Computer Science, combining deep domain knowledge in palaeoclimate, palaeomagnetism and stratigraphy with solid computational expertise dating back to a First Class degree in Computation from Oxford. His career spans research roles at INGV and academic posts where he developed scientific software and time-series analysis tools, through to production-focused engineering for climate and remote-sensing applications. Pontus is experienced in translating complex geoscientific problems into robust software solutions, bridging research rigor with operational needs. Less obvious is his long-term pattern of moving between pure research and applied engineering, which gives him a rare ability to both prototype novel analyses and harden them for monitoring systems.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geology at University of OtagoBA (Hons), Computation, First Class, BA (Hons), Computation, First Class at University of Oxford
English, Swedish, Italian, French, German
Github Skills (61)
conda-forge10
python10
pandas10
zarr10
conda10
forge10
numpy10
datasets10
dask10
oceanography10
netcdf10
smithy10
data-science9
cpython9
viewer9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
conda-forge/nc2zarr-feedstock
Jan 2021 - Jan 2025
A conda-smithy repository for nc2zarr.
Contributions:3 reviews, 13 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 years
pythoncondasmithy
pont-us/bilicloze
Oct 2019 - Apr 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 6 months
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