Ryan Orvedahl
Senior Scientist at SciTec, Inc.
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Orvedahl is a Senior Scientist based in Boulder, Colorado with 11 years of experience modeling complex fluid and magnetized fluid dynamics on high-performance supercomputers. He builds and optimizes scientific software in Linux environments, leveraging GPUs and external libraries to accelerate simulation codes and analyses. His work spans end-to-end research: designing algorithms, integrating open-source tools, producing visualizations, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Comfortable managing multiple projects and mentoring students, he has a track record of turning theoretical problems in astrophysics into robust, production-capable codes. An ability not obvious from titles: he routinely translates deep physics insights into practical computational shortcuts that improve runtime and interpretability. He combines rigorous academic training (PhD in Astrophysics) with hands-on software engineering to deliver reproducible, high-performance scientific workflows.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Astronomy, minor in Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Astronomy, minor in Mathematics at State University of New York at Stony Brook
Github Skills (4)
spectral10
hydrodynamics9
computational-fluid-dynamics9
python8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
orvedahl/Rayleigh
Apr 2018 - Apr 2022
Rayleigh: Pseudo-spectral MHD
Contributions:218 pushes, 73 branches in 4 years
mhdpythonpseudo-spectralpseudospectral
orvedahl/SHTns-Tests
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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