Alexander Mcewen
Woodworker at McKeesport Woodworks, LLC
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Mcewen is a postdoctoral researcher turned woodworker with eight years of experience applying advanced data science and signal-processing techniques to pulsar and magnetar studies. He earned a PhD in Physics/Astronomy from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, built TB-scale HPC pipelines and machine learning tools (including CNNs and simulation-based inference) for radio and X-ray timing searches, and deployed reproducible workflows via GitHub. Alexander has led observation proposals, mentored undergraduates, and translated complex astrophysical models into production-ready code across multiple institutions. Now based in Pennsylvania, he pairs rigorous research skills with hands-on craftsmanship—an uncommon combination that reflects both analytical depth and practical creativity.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics/Astronomy, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics/Astronomy at West Virginia UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics/Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics/Astronomy at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Github Skills (7)
pint10
pulsar9
traits5
credit4
python-scripts4
python3
interpreter2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
almcewen0/PINT
Aug 2020 - Jun 2024
PINT is not TEMPO3 -- New software for high-precision pulsar timing
Contributions:85 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 11 months
pintpythonpulsarprecisionhigh-precision
almcewen0/GBNCC_work
Jun 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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