Achim Stoessl
Junior Researcher at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolAchim Stoessl is a junior researcher and software/systems developer with 11 years of experience focused on astroparticle physics, currently supporting the GAPS experiment from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He combines hands-on detector R&D, simulation, calibration and testing with responsibilities as software coordinator, bridging experimental hardware needs and data/simulation pipelines. His background includes a PhD in Elementary Particle Physics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and postdoctoral detector development at Chiba University, giving him deep domain expertise across international collaborations. Based in Hawaii, he brings practical systems programming experience from work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to streamline experiment software and operations. Colleagues rely on him for integrating simulation tools with detector calibration workflows and for turning complex instrumentation challenges into reproducible software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Physics, Diplom, Physics at Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Github Skills (3)
synchronize7
singularity6
python4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
achim1/skippylab
Sep 2016 - Jun 2020
Work with SCPI capable instruments
Contributions:66 commits, 71 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
scpi
GAPS-Collab/gaps-online-software
Feb 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:220 pushes, 14 branches, 8 comments in 1 year 5 months
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