Julian Stirling

Julian received his PhD in Physics from the University of Nottingham in 2014. From 2014-2018 he worked for NIST (United States National Institute of Standards and Technology) and the University of Maryland, where he developed precision metrology instrumentation for small mass and force measurements, laser power metrology, and measurements of the Universal Constant of Gravitation. In 2018 he moved to the University of Bath, where he worked on the development collaborative development of novel open source instrumentation with partners in Africa and Latin America. Since 2022, Julian has been self-employed as a freelance-researcher and open-technology consultant, continuing his work on both open hardware development and on the software and workflows that enable collaborative hardware development.