Jacob Ross
CTO at FootprintLab
Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Ross is a physics-trained technology leader and CTO focused on driving climate action through rigorous modelling and engineering. With a PhD in ultracold atomic physics and nine years of technical R&D experience spanning scientific computing, hardware engineering, and emerging environmental economics, he now leads FootprintLab, commercialising GLORIA—the world’s most detailed environmentally-extended economic model. He has a track record of world-first results and Science publications, translates complex quantitative research into usable systems, and has worked in quantum engineering and freelance R&D roles. Based in Canberra, he combines deep experimental skills from atomic physics with production-grade software and hardware engineering, and maintains an active GitHub reflecting a background in quantum computing research.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, 1st class Honours, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, 1st class Honours at The University of Western AustraliaBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (7)
readr7
python5
quantum-computing5
quantum-mechanics5
data-analysis3
qutip2
algorithms1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
GroundhogState/readr
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
A repository of resources for students of readr 2019
Contributions:21 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
readr
GroundhogState/Quantum_information_in_spin_chains
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
Entanglement in many body systems
Contributions:79 commits, 21 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 years 11 months
bodyentanglement
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