Alexey Elykov
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Karlsruhe
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexey Elykov is a postdoctoral researcher based in Freiburg with eight years of experience designing and implementing data acquisition and analysis techniques for Dark Matter and neutrino searches. He completed a PhD in Experimental Astroparticle Physics with the XENON collaboration and now continues experimental research at the University of Karlsruhe, combining hands-on detector work with advanced statistical analysis. His background spans theoretical astrophysics from an MSci and practical, high-stakes operational leadership from service as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces. Outside the lab he works as a professional digital illustrator, bringing visual communication and creative problem solving to complex scientific projects. Colleagues value his ability to bridge rigorous experimental methods with clear data-driven storytelling and to perform reliably under pressure.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Experimental Astroparticle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Experimental Astroparticle Physics at The University of FreiburgMaster’s Degree, MSci Hons Physics with Theoretical Astrophysics, Second Class, High Upper Division, Master’s Degree, MSci Hons Physics with Theoretical Astrophysics, Second Class, High Upper Division at University of Nottingham
English, Russian, Hebrew, French, German
Github Skills (16)
stream10
dm9
streaming9
data-acquisition8
backend8
throughput7
pipeline6
data-processing5
pipeline-framework5
parallel5
database4
postgresql4
nosql4
stream-processing3
nodejs2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AlexElykov/straxen
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
Streaming analysis for XENON
Contributions:9 pushes in 4 months
xenonanalysisstreamingstreamdm
AlexElykov/V2495_busy
Jul 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:30 pushes in 6 months
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