Ross Knapman
Research Associate
Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolRoss Knapman is a research associate and scientific software engineer with nine years’ experience building reproducible simulation and data-analysis workflows for topological magnetic textures such as skyrmions and hopfions. Holding a PhD in condensed matter physics from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, he combines deep numerical modelling expertise with a strong commitment to clean code, testing, documentation and open-source practice. At the University of Duisburg-Essen he develops tools to calculate topological invariants (including published Hopf-index code), supports research IT infrastructure, and automates reproducible pipelines. Equally at home in physics and infrastructure, he experiments with Ansible, Docker and server tooling to bridge simulation, analysis and deployment. His work is driven by a pragmatic curiosity about how thoughtful software development increases transparency, reliability and efficiency across research workflows.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Condensed Matter Physics, 1.0 (Very good), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Condensed Matter Physics, 1.0 (Very good) at Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMaster’s Degree, Physics, First Class Honours, Master’s Degree, Physics, First Class Honours at Durham University
German, English
Github Skills (21)
simulator10
zenodo9
simulation9
scientific-computing9
binder9
cuda9
vtk8
go8
gpu8
tuple8
pypi7
finite-difference6
anaconda6
python6
jupyter6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RossKnapman/mumax3
Jan 2021 - Oct 2024
GPU-accelerated micromagnetic simulator
Contributions:4 PRs, 24 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 9 months
gpusimulatoracceleratedsimulation
RossKnapman/AnkiGenerator
Jul 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years
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