Warrick Ball
Senior Research Software Engineer & Manager at University of Birmingham
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolWarrick Ball is a Senior Research Software Engineer and manager at the University of Birmingham with nine years of experience bridging astrophysics research and robust software practice. He spends roughly a third of his time managing a team of RSEs while implementing well-engineered research software in close collaboration with scientists, often picking up new tools and languages as projects demand. Formerly an asteroseismologist, he contributed to MESA since 2017 and focused on reducing modelling systematics and integrating insights from higher-fidelity simulations. A certified Carpentries instructor and associate editor-in-chief at JOSS, he combines hands-on development, community-focused training, and scholarly service to improve reproducibility in research software. Based in England, he brings a rare mix of domain expertise and operational leadership that helps turn complex stellar science into reliable, reusable code.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), BSc (Hons) at University of Cape TownPhD, PhD at University of CambridgeUniversity College London
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Github Skills (200)
python10
astronomy10
k210
cartopy10
spatial10
scientific-computing10
academia10
jam10
journal10
orbital-mechanics10
numpy10
open-access10
maps10
geometry10
astrophysics10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
warrickball/s4tess
Mar 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:135 commits, 5 pushes in 2 years 10 months
warrickball/figures
Feb 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:171 commits, 143 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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