Rémi Delaporte-mathurin
Group Leader at Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRémi Delaporte-mathurin is a group leader and research scientist based at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center with eight years’ experience advancing tritium fuel-cycle technologies and hydrogen transport in fusion systems. He combines experimental leadership—holding a world-record experimentally measured tritium breeding ratio—with computational expertise in finite-element modelling and Python tool development (notably expanding the open-source FESTIM project and HTM database). His contributions to the popular OpenMC code include mesh visualization and VTK output support, reflecting a habit of improving community tools alongside lab work. Trained with a PhD in Materials Science and hands-on engineering roles at CEA and UKAEA, he bridges high-fidelity simulation, experiment design, and project management. He mentors students and leads multi-institution collaborations to de-risk tritium handling for future reactors. Based in Cambridge, MA, he pairs deep technical rigor with open-source craftsmanship to accelerate practical fusion solutions.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting PhD Student, Visiting PhD Student at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD,, Material Sciences, PhD,, Material Sciences at Université Sorbonne Paris NordMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Thermal and Energy Sciences, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Thermal and Energy Sciences at Polytech Nantes
French, English, Italian, German
Github Skills (13)
vtk10
python10
openmc10
numpy9
computational-physics9
cluster-computing8
simulations8
simulation8
accelerated-computing8
scientific-computing8
monte-carlo8
high-performance8
parallel-computing8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
openmc-dev/openmc
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
OpenMC Monte Carlo Code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 61 commits, 6 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Rémi primarily contributed to the `openmc` repository by adding and modifying code related to the visualization of mesh data. They implemented methods to write tally data to VTK files, which allows for the visualization of mesh-based results. The user added support for different mesh types, including RegularMesh, RectilinearMesh, and CylindricalMesh, and updated the code to correctly handle coordinate transformations for these different mesh types. They also included tests and docstrings to improve the code's usability and maintainability.
computational-physicsnuclear-energyopenmcnuclear-fusionnuclear-engineering
festim-dev/V-V-report
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 89 reviews, 94 PRs in 1 year 1 month
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