Santiago Soler
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSantiago Soler is a physicist and PhD in Geophysics with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and open-source software development. As a postdoctoral fellow at UBC he develops and maintains numerical tools for geophysical simulation and parameter estimation, contributing notably to the SimPEG project’s core codebase and documentation. He has taught physics and statistical mechanics at the university level, bringing strong pedagogy to collaborative research and code design. Beyond coding, he improves accessibility in scientific software — exemplified by localization and inclusive-language work for the Software Carpentry website — highlighting a commitment to wider community impact. Based in Vancouver, he combines rigorous geophysical modeling expertise with practical software engineering that emphasizes maintainability and reproducible science.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysics and Seismology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysics and Seismology at Universidad Nacional de San JuanLicentiate degree Physics, Licentiate degree Physics at Universidad Nacional de Rosario
English, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (17)
python10
translation10
filehandle10
localization10
filepath10
fileio10
translate10
html10
file-handling10
translators10
geophysics10
scientific-computing10
simulation9
simulations9
modeling9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
simpeg/simpeg
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Simulation and Parameter Estimation in Geophysics - A python package for simulation and gradient based parameter estimation in the context of geophysical applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 271 reviews, 62 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Santiago primarily focused on improving the codebase's organization and path handling for sensitivity files within the SimPEG package. They refactored the code to use `os.path.join` for constructing file paths, enhancing code safety and maintainability. Additionally, the user merged branches to incorporate changes related to sensitivity file paths and updated regularization documentation. These changes show a focus on improving the core functionality of the geophysical simulation software.
inversionpythonfinite-volumesimulationparameter-estimation
swcarpentry/website
May 2021 - May 2021
Software Carpentry website
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:3 reviews, 7 commits, 3 PRs in 4 days
Contributions summary:Santiago primarily focused on translating and adapting the Software Carpentry website for Spanish-speaking users. Their contributions involved translating lesson labels, column titles, and other UI elements within the lessons pages. They also updated the website to use inclusive language, replacing gendered terms with gender-neutral alternatives, and improved the Spanish translation for template availability. This work aimed to improve the accessibility and usability of the website for a Spanish-speaking audience.
liquidcarpentryjekyllsoftware-carpentry
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