A Torchinsky
Research Engineer at Observatoire de Paris
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolA Torchinsky is a research engineer at the Laboratory of Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology, based at the Observatoire de Paris, with eight years of focused experience integrating, testing, and calibrating the QUBIC instrument for measuring B-mode polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background. He combines a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Edinburgh with a mechanical engineering background from McGill, bringing rare cross-disciplinary expertise in instrumentation, systems engineering, and observational cosmology. His career includes roles at major observatories and space agencies (Arecibo, Canadian Space Agency, Chalmers, NRC Canada), reflecting deep hands-on experience in complex experimental platforms. At QUBIC he works at the intersection of hardware, calibration pipelines, and scientific analysis to enable constraints on primordial gravitational waves and early-universe inflation. He maintains an active research profile with publications and code on GitHub, signaling a commitment to reproducible science and open tools. Colleagues value his practical instrumentation skills coupled with a clear view of the cosmological stakes behind precision measurements.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy at The University of EdinburghBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering at McGill University
French, English
Github Skills (10)
python9
data-analysis9
data-science8
dm5
visualization5
data-visualization4
machine-learning3
high-performance3
simulation1
infrastructure1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
satorchi/mypy
Sep 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
satorchi/qubichw
Mar 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1005 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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