Anna Childs
Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Alabama
Rocklin, California, United States
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Top SchoolAnna Childs is a Postdoctoral Researcher and computational astrophysicist with eight years of experience using state-of-the-art numerical methods and supercomputing to study planet and star formation. She holds a BS in Mathematics, an MS in Physics, and a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from UNLV, and has held research positions at CIERA (Northwestern) and now at the University of Alabama. Her work bridges interdisciplinary theory, high-performance simulation, and observational context to inform the search for life and broader planetary evolution questions. Comfortable translating advances across scientific fields, she has practical experience with NASA internships and rapid project cycles, indicating a knack for applying cutting-edge techniques to high-impact problems.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Github Skills (8)
planet9
dynamics8
abstract-syntax-tree7
disk7
astronomy6
jekyll5
astrophysics5
code-analysis3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ANNACRNN/BASE9_utils
Aug 2022 - Aug 2025
Code utilities for running and analyzing results from BASE-9
Contributions:5 PRs, 54 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 1 month
analyzing
ANNACRNN/REBOUND_fragmentation
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:36 commits, 60 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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