Simone Silvestri
Marie Curie Postdoc at Politecnico di Torino
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSimone Silvestri is a Marie Curie postdoctoral researcher and fluid mechanics specialist with eight years of experience bridging academic research and applied engineering. Trained at Delft University of Technology (PhD) and with postdoctoral appointments at MIT and now Politecnico di Torino, she tackles high-complexity problems in multiphase flow and CFD with a penchant for unconventional, impact-driven solutions. Her background includes hands-on industrial work on biomass gasification particle dynamics and materials analysis, giving her a rare mix of theoretical rigor and practical process insight. Based in Boston and steeped in international research environments, she is effective at translating advanced simulations into actionable engineering decisions. Colleagues value her analytical rigor and creative problem-framing, which often uncovers alternative solution paths others overlook.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Energy Engineering, Bachelor's degree Energy Engineering at Politecnico di MilanoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Fluid Mechanics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Fluid Mechanics at Delft University of Technology
English, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (50)
fluid10
atmosphere10
machine-learning10
orbital-mechanics10
dynamics10
earth10
climate-change10
gpu10
geodesy10
fluid-dynamics10
forecast10
ocean10
ocean-modelling10
julia10
astrodynamics10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
simone-silvestri/OceanScalingTests.jl
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Scaling experiments for the multi-GPU GCM mode of Oceananigans.jl
Contributions:1 release, 84 commits, 9 PRs in 1 month
simone-silvestri/BaroclinicAdjustment.jl
Apr 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 217 pushes in 10 months
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