Andy Casey
Research Scientist at Monash University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Casey is an astrophysicist and research scientist with 13 years of experience blending astronomy, statistics, and computational methods to extract insights from noisy data. Currently based in New York, he holds roles at the Simons Foundation’s Center for Computational Astrophysics and as an Associate Professor at Monash University, reflecting a career that spans academic leadership and hands-on research. He completed a PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics and has a background in aerospace engineering, which informs a practical, quantitative approach to modeling complex systems. Known for fitting “bad models to worse data,” his work is widely published and tracked via NASA/ADS and Google Scholar, demonstrating sustained impact in observational and statistical astrophysics. An underappreciated strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency—combining engineering rigor, computational tooling, and statistical inference—to turn uncertain measurements into robust scientific claims.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Hons.), Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Hons.) at Monash University
English
Stackoverflow
307reputation
68kreached
4answers
2questions
Github Skills (155)
python10
astronomy10
core-library10
orbital-mechanics10
tld10
astrology10
science10
ads10
sqlite10
astrophysics10
spectral10
astropy10
astrodynamics10
nim-lang10
peewee10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
GOTO-OBS/goto-vegas
Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:90 commits, 5 PRs, 112 pushes in 1 year 2 months
gotomachine-learning-algorithmsmachine-learninglearning-algorithmstransient
sdss/semaphore
Aug 2023 - Dec 2024
Communicating with flags
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 1 PR in 1 year 3 months
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