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rboston628/README.md

Reece Boston

I am a scientific software engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in particular working on the SNAPRed and mantid programs for the Spallation Neutron Source.

My PhD in Physics was earned from the University of North Carolina in April, 2022. My research focused in particular on computational models in relativistic white dwarf asteroseismology. I also attended the University of Georgia (MS Physics, 2015). My undergraduate degree in Mathematics is from Georgia College (2010).

technical summary

I have been programming in C/C++ since around 2012. My two main coding projects for my research were both written using in C++. I am familiar with low-level C++98 methods, as well as more modern language features in the standard library. I have recently begun working at ORNL with the mantid codebase.

Additionally I have worked extensively with python on a number of projects. Currently I am part of the team building SNAPRed for neutron scattering data reduction at ORNL. For particular packages, I have worked with pydantic, pandas, seaborn, sklearn, statsmodels, FastAPI, spaCy, numpy and matplotlib.

research interests

  • general relativistic stellar structure and linear pulsations
  • computer modeling of compact objects (neutron stars, white dwarfs)

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research code

My dissertation research required two codes to model the pulsations of white dwarf stars.

  • THRAIN creates realistic WD models in Newtonian physics.
  • GRPulse uses simple models, working in Newtonian, Post-Newtonian, and General Relativistic frameworks.

Since graduating, I have been slowly modernizing these.

about me

I am from Atlanta, GA, and live in Tennessee with my wife Nelly, our son Ezekiel, and our daughter Lily. In my spare time I study physics, read fiction, and play old school dungeons and dragons (see my WIP game rules). I write a blog that was temporarily famous in 2012-2015 for its post about the Berenst#in Bears.

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