cv
A summary of my academic background, experience, and interests.
Table of contents
Basics
| Name | Simone Silvestri |
| Label | MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher |
| silvestri.simone0@gmail.com | |
| Phone | (+39) 351 363 6005 |
| Url | https://simone-silvestri.github.io/ |
| Summary | Computational fluid dynamicist and ocean modeler. Core developer of Oceananigans.jl. |
Work
- 2025.09 - present
MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions individual fellowship. GPU-accelerated ocean modeling and high-order numerical methods for geophysical turbulence.
- 2021.10 - 2025.09
Postdoctoral Researcher
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Core developer of Oceananigans.jl, a GPU-based ocean model in Julia. Developed the hydrostatic dynamical core and WENO advection schemes for mesoscale-resolving climate simulations.
Education
Languages
| Italian | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Spanish | |
| Fluent |