Tianqing Zhang
Visiting Researcher at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolTianqing Zhang is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a LINCC frameworks research scientist, blending deep cosmology research with scalable data analysis. He earned his PhD in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University, focusing on weak gravitational lensing and its systematics, including PSF modeling and photometric redshift. In the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, he serves as co-convener of the Pixel-to-Object group and co-lead of the RAIL topical team, contributing to sub-percent precision in cosmology. His research spans Subaru Hyper-Suprime Cam cosmology as well, reflecting a broad, cross-survey approach. Based in Pittsburgh and also a Visiting Researcher at SLAC, he brings eight years of experience from CMU, Duke, SJTU, and industry roles such as IBM, bridging academia, national labs, and industry.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at 美国杜克大学Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Github Skills (31)
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des10
galaxy10
simulation9
robocup8
fuzzy-logic8
moments8
astronomy8
probability7
lottery7
quantile7
python7
distortion6
c-plus-plus6
modular6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LSSTDESC/PSFHOME
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Impact of PSF Higher Oder Moments Error (HOME) on WL
Contributions:2 reviews, 33 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 11 months
psferrormoments
ztq1996/ztq1996.github.io
May 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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