Andreas Faisst
Associate Research Scientist (Research Faculty Equivalent)
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorAndreas Faisst is an Associate Research Scientist at Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena with a decade of experience building research-grade software for astronomy and astrophysics. He combines research faculty–level responsibilities with hands-on engineering, contributing to core open-source projects like astropy by adding VOTable XML support and pioneering Parquet serialization within that ecosystem. His work spans back-end development, bug fixing, and documentation improvements that make large astronomical datasets more interoperable and performant. Based in Southern California, he brings a practical blend of academic rigor and production software engineering, quietly improving data formats that underpin modern astronomical workflows.
10 years of coding experience
German, English, French, Italian
Github Skills (6)
parquet10
xml10
astropy10
python10
serialization9
data-serialization9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
astropy/astropy
Jul 2023 - Oct 2024
Astronomy and astrophysics core library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 1 PR, 8 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Andreas contributed significantly to the `astropy/astropy` repository, focusing on VOTable (XML) format support and the integration of Parquet serialization. Their work included implementing the writing and reading of VOTables with embedded Parquet files, addressing associated bug fixes, and enhancing documentation. The user's contributions involved modifying existing code and adding new functionality to support Parquet serialization within the VOTable framework.
astrologypythonscienceastrophysicsastrodynamics
afaisst/skymaker_pythonwrapper
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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