Simon Billinge
Professor at UC Santa Barbara
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Billinge is a veteran materials scientist and physics professor with 19 years of documented experience and a career spanning leading research universities and national labs. He has held long-term academic appointments at Columbia and Michigan State, served as a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and recently transitioned to UC Santa Barbara, reflecting deep expertise in experimental and theoretical materials science. Trained at Oxford (BA) and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD in Materials Science and Engineering), he combines fundamental research insight with large-scale collaborative project leadership. His work bridges condensed matter physics and materials characterization, often operating at the interface of academia and national-lab infrastructure. Colleagues recognize him for sustained institutional impact and mentoring across generations of researchers. An underappreciated strength is his ability to translate complex experimental programs into enduring research platforms that persist across institutions.
18 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA Materials Science, BA Materials Science at University of OxfordPhD Materials science and engineering, PhD Materials science and engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (158)
difference10
cms10
python10
databases10
bash10
security-automation10
forge10
pip10
unix10
data-engineering10
gui-application10
linux10
text-based10
odbc10
prompt10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
diffpy/diffpy.snmf
Jun 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 release, 162 reviews, 94 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Billingegroup/rg-db-public
Jan 2018 - Mar 2025
Public Research Group Database
Contributions:93 reviews, 713 PRs, 438 pushes in 7 years 3 months
dbmsdatabase-accessdatabasesdatabaseodbc
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