Author

Mario Luis

iOS Developer  | Software Engineer

marioluis.dev

About

I am a software engineer with a background in mathematics and physics. Currently specialized in developing apps for Apple platforms (Swift / SwiftUI). Also experienced in backend development (Java / Spring Boot), frontend development (Next.js, React, Tailwind), and scientific computing (C, C++, Python).

Work Experience

2024 - Present

iOS Developer 

Independent

Working on apps for Apple platforms, leveraging technologies such as SwiftUI and SwiftData. Also responsible for running the entire business and creating and managing the landing pages (the latter developed using technologies such as Next.js and Supabase).

2022 - 2024

Software Engineer at Mindex | Paychex

Remote

Backend engineer using technologies such as Java, Spring, OracleDB, Jenkins, Kafka, Openshift, etc...

2020 - 2022

Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

Worked on the black hole initial data problem of numerical general relativity.

Summer 2021

NASA Intern at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD

Conducted investigation on the "trumpet" configuration for solving the initial data of a system of black holes.

Education

2020 - 2022

PhD Studies

Rochester Institute of Technology

Specialized in mathematical modeling of black hole systems.

2018 - 2020

MPhil

Newcastle University

Masters of Philosophy in Computational Physics

2017 - 2018

MSc

University of Edinburgh

Masters of Science in Mathematical Physics

2009 - 2016

BA / MA

CUNY Hunter College

Combined BA/MA program in Pure Mathematics

Publications

2023

Bubble nucleation at zero and nonzero temperatures

Physical Reviews

Breakthrough algorithm that effectively models early universe bubble nucleation at zero and nonzero temperatures.

2022

Brief Overview of Numerical Relativity

Birkhäuser

Overview of techniques used for solving the Einstein Field Equations on a numerical grid.

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