Patricio Farrell

Research Group Leader "Numerical Methods for Innovative Semiconductors" at Weierstrass Institute
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Berlin Metropolitan Area, DE
Languages
  • German Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish Full professional proficiency

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Credentials

  • Programming: C++ introduction
    University of Oxford, IT Learning Programme
    Oct, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Python introduction
    University of Oxford, IT Learning Programme
    Oct, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Java introduction
    University of Oxford, IT Learning Programme
    May, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • JavaScript introduction
    University of Oxford, IT Learning Programme
    May, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Journalism Program (JONA)
    Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
    Sep, 2010
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Weierstrass Institute
    • Germany
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Group Leader "Numerical Methods for Innovative Semiconductors"
      • Jan 2020 - Present

      ➤ Team leader; principal investigator; managing diverse research teams incl. mathematicians, physicists & engineers➤ Supervising PhD students/postdocs, developing and implementing research program➤ Managing over €1.2 million; 60+ top-tier publications and talks➤ Developing models/numerical methods for complex physical problems/applications➤ Techniques: Simulations, drift-diffusion PDEs, finite volume methods, machine learning (Multilayer Perceptrons, ResNets), eigenvalue solvers➤ Applications: Charge transport in perovskites, solar cells, nanowires, CIGS, quantum wells, lasers, crystal growth➤ Developed semiconductor simulation tools: ddfermi (Python/C++) & ChargeTransport.jl (Julia)➤ Co-founded ECMI special interest group on computational electronics; conference organizer (10+) Show less

    • Senior Postdoctoral Researcher: Modeling, Simulation and Data
      • Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

      ➤ Charge transport simulations with C++/Python drift diffusion simulation tool "ddfermi" to simulate current through quantum well device➤ Proposal writing; supervision of Master's students➤ Presenting/publishing research in international journals and at international conferences

  • SISSA
    • Italy
    • Research Services
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • GNCS Invited Visiting Professor
      • Dec 2021 - Dec 2021

      ➤ Machine learning techniques to solve inverse problem arising in crystal growth ➤ PyTorch, Multilayer Perceptrons, ResNets, hyperparameter optimization ➤ Analytical comparison of hybrid discontinuous Galerkin and finite volume methods ➤ Machine learning techniques to solve inverse problem arising in crystal growth ➤ PyTorch, Multilayer Perceptrons, ResNets, hyperparameter optimization ➤ Analytical comparison of hybrid discontinuous Galerkin and finite volume methods

  • Inria
    • France
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • CEMPI Invited Researcher
      • Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

      ➤ Numerical analysis of a perovskite solar cell model ➤ Existence proofs for continuous and discrete solutions; entropy-dissipation relations ➤ Numerical analysis of a perovskite solar cell model ➤ Existence proofs for continuous and discrete solutions; entropy-dissipation relations

  • Hamburg University of Technology
    • Germany
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Fixed-term Professor "Numerical Mathematics"
      • Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

      ➤ Fixed-term professor (W2) ➤ Collaborations with engineers & physicists (aerogels); industrial cooperation in image processing ➤ Machine learning models; natural language processing (NLP); recommender systems ➤ Teaching numerical mathematics; supervision of 8 master/bachelor students; excellent reviews ➤ Fixed-term professor (W2) ➤ Collaborations with engineers & physicists (aerogels); industrial cooperation in image processing ➤ Machine learning models; natural language processing (NLP); recommender systems ➤ Teaching numerical mathematics; supervision of 8 master/bachelor students; excellent reviews

  • Weierstrass Institute
    • Germany
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Postdoctoral Researcher: Modeling, Simulation and Data
      • Aug 2014 - Mar 2017

      ➤ Drift-diffusion models for charge transport models ➤ Thermodynamically consistent FVM flux discretizations ➤ Charge transport simulations ➤ Developing "ddfermi": C++/Python drift-diffusion simulation tool ➤ Drift-diffusion models for charge transport models ➤ Thermodynamically consistent FVM flux discretizations ➤ Charge transport simulations ➤ Developing "ddfermi": C++/Python drift-diffusion simulation tool

  • Freelance
    • Freelance Journalist
      • Jan 2007 - Sep 2015

      ➤ Worked for ZEIT online, tageszeitung, Deutsche Welle and others ➤ Pitched and researched news stories to present to general audience: print, online, radio ➤ Story on body-mass index most viewed story of the day ➤ Worked for ZEIT online, tageszeitung, Deutsche Welle and others ➤ Pitched and researched news stories to present to general audience: print, online, radio ➤ Story on body-mass index most viewed story of the day

Education

  • University of Oxford
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics
    2010 - 2014
  • Freie Universität Berlin
    Habilitation, Mathematics
  • University of Hamburg
    Master of Science - MS, Mathematics
    2005 - 2010
  • University of Bath
    ERASMUS exchange semester
    2009 - 2009

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