Robert Nourgaliev
Computational Physicist
Livermore, California, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Nourgaliev is a computational physicist with over a decade of experience applying advanced numerical methods to turbulent, multiphase and high-speed flow problems, currently developing predictive simulation tools at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He specializes in SAMR, level-set and sharp-interface methods, high-order shock-capturing schemes, Jacobian-Free Newton–Krylov solvers with physics-based preconditioning, and DNS/LES/RANS modeling for complex fluid-structure and explosion-driven phenomena. His work bridges fundamental theory—linear stability of interfaces, hyperbolicity and ill-posedness of averaged equations—with engineering applications in reactor safety, accident simulation and risk-informed safety margin characterization. A PhD-trained nuclear safety expert with prior research and faculty roles, he combines deep algorithmic skill with domain-driven modeling to deliver tools used in design and safety analysis of high-energy systems. An often overlooked strength is his breadth across methods (lattice-Boltzmann to spectral approaches), enabling cross-paradigm solutions for stiff, multiphysics problems.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Nuclear Power Safety, PhD, Nuclear Power Safety at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMS, Nuclear Engineering, MS, Nuclear Engineering at Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University)
English, Russian
Github Skills (42)
computational-science10
hpc10
parallel-computing10
cpp10
c-library10
amr10
scalable10
scientific-computing10
finite-element-analysis9
cocoa9
wxwidgets9
multiphysics9
gtk8
x118
xmake8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mfem/mfem
Aug 2018 - Sep 2022
Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
Contributions:1 review, 14 comments, 1 issue in 4 years 1 month
c-plus-plusfinitefemamrc-library
KarypisLab/GKlib
May 2022 - Jun 2022
A library of various helper routines and frameworks used by many of the lab's software
Contributions:8 comments in 11 days
frameworkshelper-routineslabroutines
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