Thomas Proffen
Director Science Initiative For High Performance Computing And Data Analytics
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Proffen is a seasoned scientific leader with 20+ years advancing neutron scattering, data analysis, and high-performance computing at national labs, currently directing the Science Initiative for HPC and Data Analytics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has a strong track record leading instrument science, diffraction, and data-visualization divisions and bridging experimental facilities with leadership-class computing to accelerate materials discovery. A PhD physicist with international postdoctoral experience, he combines deep domain expertise with program-level strategy and hands-on technical oversight. Founder of Oak Ridge Computer Science Girls, he also champions STEM outreach and teaches coding to the next generation, reflecting a commitment to broadening participation in computational science. An observant connector of experimental workflows and machine-learning-enabled analysis, he helps translate complex measurements into actionable scientific insight.
20 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (40)
simulate10
co-simulation10
simulation9
rails-api9
photo9
science9
api8
rails7
raspberry6
file-structure6
lcd6
python6
ruby6
raspberry-pi-camera5
debugging5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
orcsgirls/LegoSpectrometer
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Software for ORCSGirls Masterclass using the Lego Spectrometer
Contributions:74 commits, 16 PRs, 9 pushes in 2 months
legospectrometermasterclass
tproffen/DiscusOnline
Oct 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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