My name is Brian Friesen. I recently obtained a PhD in physics from the University of Oklahoma, with a focus on radiative transfer and spectroscopy in Type Ia supernovae. My thesis advisor was Eddie Baron. In May 2015 I will join the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center as a NESAP Postdoctoral Fellow.

My e-mail address is <my last name> at ou dot edu.

E-mail should be private, so I encrypt my e-mails with GnuPG. Download my public PGP key here.

Read my CV here.

See my refereed publications on ADS.

When I write C++ code I try to follow the Joint Strike Fighter C++ Coding Standards, which you can read here.

I found my first compiler bug! To read the story, click here.

Here is an excellent paper showing that everybody wins if you write good, clean code. Cutting corners and being sloppy may make the initial development faster, but you, your collaborators, and your students will pay dearly in terms of productivity down the road.

I use Gentoo for both work and play. You should use it too.