Alexander Klokov

Lead Scientific Developer (PhD) | Bridging R&D to Production | HPC & GPU Acceleration

Role: Lead Scientific Developer at Seismos
Location: Austin, TX, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Alexander Klokov

I\'m a Computational Geophysics PhD with major hands-on expertise in software development, machine learning, advanced algorithms, and GPU acceleration, focused on the energy and transportation sectors. I\'ve conducted academic research in the geoscience department at The University of Texas at Austin, built AI solutions for startups, and led development of a data mart and railroad network traffic control system for a major railroad company.

Experience

Lead Scientific Developer
Seismos
Sep 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US
SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION: Lead the architectural refactoring of legacy scientific codebases (MATLAB/Python), transforming experimental prototypes into robust, production-grade services without compromising numerical accuracy.• SCALABLE COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE: Design and implement GPU-accelerated frameworks (CUDA) that enable the system to handle increasing computational loads, bridging the gap between theoretical models and real-time engineering constraints.• HPC & SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION: Architect high-efficiency computational strategies to resolve performance bottlenecks in critical scientific paths, ensuring complex legacy models run reliably and cost-effectively in production environments.• AUTOMATED VALIDATION FRAMEWORK: Engineered a custom testing framework to automate the verification of scientific accuracy and numerical stability, ensuring release candidates systematically meet strict customer performance requirements.

Education

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics
2001 — 2010

Skills

Geophysics
Borehole Seismic
Seismic Imaging
Software Development
Seismology
High Performance Computing
Carbon Sequestration
C++
Earth Science
Characterization
Geology
Inverse Problems
Numerical Analysis
Modeling
Scientific Computing
Algorithms
C
Petrophysics
Linux
Applied Mathematics
Research
Signal Processing
Seismic
Programming
Fracture
Openmp
Vsp
Mpi
Debugging
Well Logging
Co2 Capture
Python

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