William Ratcliff
Physicist at NIST
Montgomery Village, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Ratcliff is a physicist with 13+ years at NIST specializing in neutron scattering and strongly correlated electronic systems, combining deep condensed-matter expertise with practical software skills (Python, Django, IDL, MATLAB). A Fellow of the American Physical Society and adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland, he pursues basic research on multiferroic and topological materials while building data-reduction tools that make complex experiments more accessible to users. He bridges lab and code—developing analysis programs and user-facing applications to streamline neutron-scattering workflows—and is especially interested in applying AI to accelerate insight from experimental data. Based in Montgomery Village, MD, he brings a rare mix of experimental craftsmanship, software development, and user-focused tool design.
13 years of coding experience
BSE, Engineering Physics, BSE, Engineering Physics at University of MichiganPhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at Rutgers University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
plotly7
visualization7
interactive7
python7
regl7
jupyter-notebook7
ipywidgets6
django-models6
crystallography6
declarative6
graph6
django6
webgl6
extjs6
dashboard6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
scattering/sasnets
Feb 2020 - Mar 2025
Using neural nets to classify SANS data to scattered shapes
Contributions:4 pushes in 5 years 1 month
autoencoderdeep-learningnetsneural-netsmachine-learning
DataKind-DC/homelessness-service-navigator
Nov 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 6 PRs, 17 pushes in 5 months
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