Ami Choi
Research Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmi Choi is a Research Astrophysicist with nine years of post-PhD experience blending scientific leadership, instrument science, and hands-on data analysis across institutions including NASA Goddard, Caltech, and The Ohio State University. As Deputy Wide Field Instrument Scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, she bridges complex mission requirements with practical calibration and analysis workflows. Her background in physics and mathematics (AB/BS University of Chicago; PhD UC Davis) underpins strengths in scientific computing and mentoring, informed by long stints in postdoctoral research in the UK and US. Ami has a track record of collaborative, cross-institution projects that require both technical depth and program-level coordination. Colleagues know her for translating theoretical astrophysics into operational instrument practices and for nurturing the next generation of researchers through teaching and mentorship. Beyond standard research roles, she brings experience from national labs (Fermilab) that gives her a rare mix of particle- and astronomy-focused computational perspective.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at University of California, DavisAB, BS, Physics, Mathematics, AB, BS, Physics, Mathematics at University of Chicago
Github Skills (10)
python7
astrology7
cosmology6
galsim5
css5
javascript4
data-structures1
data-structure1
astronomy1
c-libraries1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
amichoi/amichoi.github.io
May 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:49 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
amichoi/roman_notebooks
Sep 2025 - Dec 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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