Data Engineer

• Nov 2018 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

• Feb 2015 - Jan 2018

• Optimized Python routines to model data that characterized the chemical properties of stars. • Extended functionality of Python routines to include error analysis and computation of measurement uncertainties. • Developed Python software for data mining and extracting subsets of astrophysical data. • Led 4-person team investigating how the chemical properties of a star affect the properties of its planets. • Optimized Python routines to model data that characterized the chemical properties of stars. • Extended functionality of Python routines to include error analysis and computation of measurement uncertainties. • Developed Python software for data mining and extracting subsets of astrophysical data. • Led 4-person team investigating how the chemical properties of a star affect the properties of its planets.

Graduate Research Scientist

• Aug 2009 - Dec 2014

• Developed original Python spectral analysis software: data visualization with matplotlib and data analysis with the numpy and pandas Python libraries. • Combined Python software with existing Fortran software to iteratively generate and evaluate chemical models of a star. • Created Python routines to select the chemical models that best-matched a given star. • Developed SQL queries to extract data from the large database of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. • Led 3-person team analyzing how the chemical properties of binary stars affect their planets. Show less

Graduate Research Scientist

• Aug 2007 - Dec 2009

• Optimized search algorithm for IDL software that data mined a massive database. • The IDL software selected 10,000 optimal targets from one million potential targets. • Developed web interface with C and Java for automated retrieval and visualization of data from remote telescopes. • Part of 2-person team performing target selection for large survey to find new planets. • Optimized search algorithm for IDL software that data mined a massive database. • The IDL software selected 10,000 optimal targets from one million potential targets. • Developed web interface with C and Java for automated retrieval and visualization of data from remote telescopes. • Part of 2-person team performing target selection for large survey to find new planets.