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A summary of my academic background, experience, and interests.

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Basics

Name Simone Silvestri
Label MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher
Email 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

  • 2016.06 - 2021.06
    PhD
    Technische Universiteit Delft
    Fluid Mechanics
  • 2014.09 - 2016.06
    MSc
    Technische Universiteit Delft
    Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Italian
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent