Alexander Wolf
Senior Lecturer Of Department Of Physics And Methodics Of Education Physics
Altai Krai, Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander Wolf is a Senior Lecturer and academic leader in physics education with 15 years of experience blending pedagogy, curriculum support, and hands-on computing. Based in Altai Krai, Russia, he oversees educational program support at Altai State Pedagogical University while teaching and shaping methodology in physics. A longtime maintainer and back-end contributor to the widely used open-source planetarium Stellarium, he brings practical software engineering skills—refactoring, data integration (HiPS/MocServer), and GUI fixes—into research-quality educational tools. His background as a labs chief and deputy department head reflects deep experience running computer science labs and research workflows for physics education. Comfortable at the intersection of teaching and programming, he specializes in turning scientific software into reliable classroom resources and reusing core functions to maximize impact.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Education (M.Ed.), 4.8 out of 5, Master of Education (M.Ed.), 4.8 out of 5 at Barnaul State Pedagogical University
Russian, English
Github Skills (8)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
algorithms8
data-structures8
algorithm8
data-structure8
software-design7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Stellarium/stellarium
Aug 2010 - Jan 2023
Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:64 releases, 778 reviews, 8181 commits in 12 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Alexander's contributions primarily involve code refactoring, feature implementation, and data handling within the Stellarium project, with a focus on the core functionality of the application. Their work includes the reuse of search functions for designations, the integration of HiPS properties from the MocServer, and the removal of obsolete code. Furthermore, the user has worked on implementing features and fixing issues in the GUI.
unixc-plus-plusrealisticreal-timeuniverse
Stellarium/stellarium-dynamic-plugin
Aug 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
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