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Basics
| Name | Raphael Leu |
| Label | PhD Researcher in Numerical Analysis |
| raphaelleu95@gmail.com | |
| Summary | Open-minded, well-organised, and proactive person driven by a curiosity about finding and implementing solutions. |
Work
- 2023.09 - 2026.12
PhD Student
University Of Bern
Specializing in Discrete Energy Minimization Techniques for Variational Partial Differential Equations. Teaching assistance for several math courses.
- Numerical Analysis
- Minimization Algorithms
- 2022.12 - 2023.08
Research Assistant
Eastern Switzerland University Of Applied Sciences
Setup and Analysis of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations (STAR-CCM+ and OpenFOAM). Teaching Assistant for a Physics course. Maintenance of job submission scripts on the in-house cluster (Python).
- STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM
- Physics TA
- Linux Clusters
- 2021.11 - 2022.10
C++ Software Developer for meteorological forecasting systems
Meteomatics AG
Development and optimization of the processing of weather data (both in C++ and Python). Working in a team using Agile Software Development (Scrum) and Git. Implementing new weather parameters and making them available through a Web-API
- C++ / Python
- Scrum
- 2016.01 - 2016.06
Intern in the department Evolution of Vacuum Control
INFICON AG
Research, development, and simulation (COMSOL Multiphysics) of pressure and vacuum sensors in a physics laboratory. Combined two measurement techniques in one single vacuum sensor and thereby enhanced the pressure range covered by current sensors without sacrificing much accuracy in (ultra) high vacuum regimes
- COMSOL Multiphysics
- Research and Development
- Vacuum Gauges
Education
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2021.10 - 2019.09 Zurich, Switzerland
MSc
ETH Zürich
Physics
- Thesis: Taming Uncertainties in the Leading Hadronic Contribution to the Muon Magnetic Moment (Computational QCD)
- Proseminar Theoretical Physics on Supersymmetry in field theory
- Programming Techniques for Scientific Simulations (C++/Python/CMake/Make/Bash)
- Computational Quantum Physics (Python)
- Introduction to Machine Learning for the Sciences (Python, TensorFlow)
- Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity
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2019.09 - 2016.09 Zurich, Switzerland
Awards
- 2020.04.18
Bündner Music Award
Radio Südostschweiz
Radio Südostschweiz kürt den Song «Blau» zum Song des Jahres.
- 2019.01.25
Bündner Music Award
Radio Südostschweiz
Radio Südostschweiz kürt den Song «Lisa» zum Song des Jahres.
Certificates
| Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Computational Fluid Dynamics | ||
| Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences | 2023-10-01 |
Languages
| German | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |