Tristan Montoya
Postdoctoral Fellow at Nonlinear Numerics Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolTristan Montoya is a computational scientist and applied mathematician with a decade of experience developing numerical methods for partial differential equations and translating them into practical dynamical cores for global weather and climate models. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Saskatchewan and president of Nonlinear Numerics Inc., he combines academic rigor with open-source development (notably the trixi-framework and nonlinear numerics projects) to deliver entropy-stable, summation-by-parts spectral-element methods on unstructured grids. His research track spans top institutions—including Toronto, Cologne, and NUS—and blends data-driven stability analysis (Koopman operator methods) with efficient, production-minded algorithms. Tristan’s background in engineering and hands-on numerical algorithm design gives him a rare mix of theoretical depth and implementation-focused pragmatism that accelerates model portability and robustness.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at Carleton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at University of TorontoOntario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Lisgar Collegiate Institute
French, English
Github Skills (23)
simulation10
spin10
simulations10
hyperbolic10
amr10
julia10
conservation-laws9
fluid-dynamics9
petsc9
science9
vtk8
machine-learning8
numerical7
programming-language7
hpc7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
trixi-framework/TrixiAtmo.jl
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Simulation package for atmospheric models based on Trixi.jl
Contributions:77 reviews, 49 PRs, 235 pushes in 8 months
tristanmontoya/StableSpectralElements.jl
Oct 2021 - Feb 2023
StableSpectralElements.jl: Provably stable discontinuous spectral-element methods for conservation laws
Contributions:243 commits, 52 PRs, 612 pushes in 1 year 4 months
conservation-lawsdiscontinuous-galerkinspectral-elementsummation-by-parts
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