Qusai Al Shidi
Sr. Modeler at Transamerica
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolQusai Al Shidi is a senior modeler and physicist with 11 years of experience applying numerical methods, magnetohydrodynamics and machine learning to space and solar physics problems. Holding a PhD in Physics, he has progressed from graduate simulations of the Sun’s chromosphere to postdoctoral research modeling the magnetosphere with scikit-learn, NumPy and TensorFlow, and now brings that expertise to industry at Transamerica. His work sits at the intersection of rigorous computational physics and practical ML-driven space weather forecasting, leveraging code-first research skills honed across academia and research software development. Based in Iowa City, he combines deep domain knowledge in MHD with hands-on simulation and data-analysis experience—an unusual blend that enables both fundamental insight and deployable modeling solutions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Cambridge International A Level, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Cambridge International A Level, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Muscat International SchoolUMass LowellBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics at The University of Toledo
Arabic, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (83)
simulations10
api10
aether10
modeling10
space9
lua9
routines9
sourceforge9
plugin9
issue-tracking9
neovim9
text-editor9
steam8
linux8
nvim8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
qalshidi/vim-bettergrep
Sep 2020 - Oct 2022
A better way to grep in vim.
Contributions:41 commits, 4 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 years
vim-pluginsripgrepvimvim-pluginplugin
AetherModel/Space-Weather-Simulation-Summer-School
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Programming Practices for Scientists
Contributions:24 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 2 years 6 months
scientistspython
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