Simon Barke was born in Germany where he studied physics. For a while, he lived in Moshi, Tanzania, and worked at different local schools and universities. Over the last decade, he has had the privilege to be involved in a number of exciting projects. He was a scientific monitor at the LIGO gravitational wave detector in Livingston, Louisiana.…
Wilmer Leal is a mathematician, chemist, and computer scientist whose research lies at the intersection of applied category theory, computational sheaf theory, dynamical systems, and control. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science (summa cum laude) in 2022 from Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, and holds B.Sc. degrees in Mathematics and Chemistry from the University of Pamplona.…
Benjamin Walker is an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Florida’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PSSL Lab. He joined the PSSL team in 2025 after a year and a half working for NIST Boulder. He started his working career in the US Air Force as a Rescue Specialist in 1995. In 2007 Benjamin went part time in the Alaska Air National Guard to earn an Electrical Engineering degree at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.…
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Physical Society, Member