Summary
David Hall is a Senior Research Scientist and Product Lead at NVIDIA, combining 11+ years of experience in AI, numerical methods, and high-performance computing to accelerate weather and climate science. He bridges deep academic credentials—a PhD in soft condensed matter physics—and a long research track record developing nonhydrostatic atmospheric models, discontinuous-Galerkin climate cores, and GPU-accelerated CFD across national labs and universities. At NVIDIA he translates cutting-edge AI and GPU tech into production-ready tools for scientists, having previously helped researchers adopt GPU acceleration as a Senior Solution Architect. Based in Boulder, he maintains an active academic appointment and a rare blend of skills spanning Fortran and modern C++/CUDA stacks, MPI/OpenMP scaling, and applied machine learning. Colleagues rely on him not just for models and code but for practical product strategy that moves research prototypes toward operational impact.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science / Computer Information Systems, Computer Science / Computer Information Systems at Florida Institute of Technology
PhD Soft Condensed Matter Physics, PhD Soft Condensed Matter Physics at UC Santa Barbara
BA Physics, BA Physics at University of Colorado Boulder
German, Spanish, English