People#
Group Lead#
Jed Brown
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Jed is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and leads the Physical Prediction, Inference, and Design Group. Among other community software work, he is a maintainer of PETSc and libCEED, and Associate Editor for JOSS and CSAE. He likes climbing, skiing, running, cycling, and spending time outside with his partner and two daughters.
Research Associates#
Jeremy L. Thompson
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Jeremy is a research software engineer. He is a core developer of libCEED and Ratel, interested in performance-portable high-order finite element methods, matrix-free multigrid, and computational fluid and solid mechanics.
Fabio Di Gioacchino
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Fabio.DiGioacchino@colorado.edu
Fabio is a Research Associate working on constitutive modeling for crystal plasticity and damage as part of the PSAAP center.
Rezgar Shakeri
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Research Associate working on mixed-FEM and MPM for finite-strain inelastic materials as part of the PSAAP center.
PhD Students#
Leila Ghaffari
| Computer Science#

Leila (LAY-luh) is interested in high-order finite element methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics, fast algebraic solvers, and exploiting Automatic Differentiation in scientific computing. She is a contributor to libCEED and Ratel.
Rey Koki | Computer Science#
Collaborating with NOAA on remote sensing and prediction of smoke from wildfires.
Ren Stengel
| Computer Science#
Ren is a PhD student working on Ratel development. Their current interests revolve around improving the accessibility of High Performance and Scientific computation via more efficient algorithms and computational neuroscience.
Corey Murphey | Computer Science#
Working on fluid-structure interaction and atomization for vocal folds.
Zach Atkins
| Computer Science#

Zach is a PhD student in Computer Science working on Ratel development. Their interests include robust and scalable methods for contact simulation in solid mechanics, as well as implicit material point methods for the simulation of heterogeneous granular materials.
Nafees Iqbal
| Computer Science#
Nafees is a PhD student working on rsmpi development. His research interests lie in parallel and high-performance computing, with a focus on building robust and efficient software systems for scientific applications.
Mohadeseh Khoshnevisan | Computer Science#
Mohadeseh.Khoshnevisan@colorado.edu
Mohi(MOH-hee) is a PhD student interested in numerical methods for PDEs, with a focus on fluid dynamics and homogenization.
Undergraduate Students#
Allen MacFarland | Computer Science#
Allen is an undergrad who likes making software faster and easier to use
Alumni#
Name |
Position |
Current Position |
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Civil Engineering PhD, 2020-2024 |
Research Associate, CU Boulder |
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Mechanical Engineering BS, 2023-2024 |
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Computer Science PhD, 2019-2024 |
Research Engineer, Flatiron Institute |
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Research Associate, 2021-2023 |
Cambridge University |
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MS Applied Math |
Mathematica |
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Computer Science grad student |
Sandia National Laboratory |
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Computer Science BS student |
PhD student, UC Santa Cruz |
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Applied Math PhD, 2017-2021 |
RSE, CU Boulder |
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Applied Math BS+MS, 2019-2021 |
ANSYS |
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Research Associate, 2018-2020 |
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University |
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Computer Science PhD, 2016-2020 |
Principal Engineer, OctoML |
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Computer Science PhD, 2015-2017 |
Researcher III, NREL |
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Computer Science PhD, 2015-2017, 2020 |
ML Engineer, ResMed |
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Aerospace Engineering BS+MS Student, 2017-2019 |
Engineer |