Tom Kimpson
Research Fellow at University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolTom Kimpson is a research-focused scientist with 11 years of experience blending theoretical astrophysics, computational modelling and data science across academia and industry. Currently a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, he completed a PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics (UCL) and held postdoctoral and visiting roles at Oxford and Perimeter Institute, while also applying ML and data science at companies such as Shopify and Revolut. His work spans relativistic astrophysics and climate modelling, demonstrating facility with numerical simulation, statistical inference and production-grade data pipelines. Notably, he moves comfortably between deep theoretical research and pragmatic engineering roles, bringing academic rigor to applied machine-learning problems. Based in Melbourne, he combines a strong publication and research background with hands-on experience delivering data-driven products in fast-paced commercial settings.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Physics and Astronomy, 1st Class Honours, Master’s Degree, Physics and Astronomy, 1st Class Honours at Durham UniversityUniversity College London
Github Skills (36)
forecast10
orbital10
cosmology9
dynamics9
entropy9
julia8
journal7
open-access7
academia6
cvxopt6
creative-commons5
convex5
ruler5
jekyll4
sampling4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tomkimpson/Iliad
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
General Relativistic Pulsar Timing
Contributions:2 PRs, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
pulsarrelativistic
tomkimpson/RelativisticDynamics.jl
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
General Relativistic Orbital Dynamics in Julia
Contributions:3 releases, 181 commits, 53 PRs in 6 months
entropyorbital-dynamicsrelativisticcosmologydynamics
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