Thomas Clayson
Chief Technology Officer at Magdrive Ltd
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolThomas Clayson is a Chief Technology Officer and experimental plasma physicist with 12 years of experience building high‑energy experimental platforms and leading R&D teams from concept through commissioning. He earned a PhD from Imperial College London studying radiative shocks, led experiments on national laser facilities, and played a central role in designing and commissioning Europe’s largest pulsed‑power machine (M3). Equally at home with hands‑on electronics, CAD and robotics as with Python and C++ simulation codes, he bridges physics, engineering and software to deliver complex experimental systems. As a former president of Imperial College Robotics Society he combines technical leadership with a track record of mentoring and running multidisciplinary projects that have competed internationally. Based in London, he now heads technology at Magdrive, applying pulsed‑power expertise to commercial innovation while maintaining active ties to high‑energy-density research.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Physics, 1st with Honours, Master’s Degree, Physics, 1st with Honours at Imperial College LondonHigh School, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, A*s and As, High School, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, A*s and As at The Hemel Hempstead School
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (15)
nxt5
cryptography5
python5
science5
pytorch5
privacy4
machine-learning4
deep-learning4
secure-computation4
privacy-enhancing-technologies4
federated-learning4
pandas3
data-science3
magpie1
data-analysis1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TomClayson/ThomasGameJam
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:10 commits in 1 day
PlasmaByte/MagPY
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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