COFFIES Barista Nick Featherstone is a Lead Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI). He is primarily interested in rotating fluid dynamics, particularly as it applies to the solar dynamo problem. He also has extensive experience in programming for high-performance, parallel architectures and designed the open-source Rayleigh convection code, whose development team he now leads. In addition to solar convection, Nick also frequently collaborates with other research groups working on topics in planetary and laboratory convection.