Presenter

Phil is a Research Software Engineer and lecturer in the School of Physics, Engineering & Technology at the University of York. He grew up in the 1980s, where he learned physics at school and computer programming on his 8-bit Sinclair ZX Spectrum. He now combines both interests, developing high-performance software to model and predict new materials using quantum mechanics. Phil chairs the UK Car-Parrinello High-End Computing Consortium, and is the Knowledge Exchange Coordinator for the Particles At eXascale (PAX-HPC) project, part of the UK's ExCALIBUR exascale readiness programme.