Aurélien Hamy is an engineer-in-training with seven years of research and software development experience, currently doing a gap-year lab internship at LSCE focusing on subglacial hydrology and holding concurrent research roles at CEA on stellar rotation and asteroseismology. Trained in physics at CentraleSupélec and Université Paris‑Saclay with an exchange at Chalmers, he blends strong analytical physics background with practical coding—evidenced by front-end contributions to the popular GNOME extension blur-my-shell that improve UI aesthetics and settings integration. Comfortable in both lab and open-source ecosystems, Aurélien has repeatedly translated complex scientific problems into implementable code and modular software components. He pairs hands-on UNIX/desktop development experience with domain expertise in astrophysics and climate-related modeling, making him effective at interdisciplinary projects. Colleagues describe him as curious and resilient—the “fish swimming in acid” github bio hints at a knack for tackling uncomfortable, challenging problems.
7 years of coding experience
Diplôme d'ingénieur Physique, Diplôme d'ingénieur Physique at CentraleSupélec
Licence Physique fondamentale, Licence Physique fondamentale at Université Paris-Saclay
Baccalauréat scientifique, Baccalauréat scientifique at INSTITUT FÉNELON
Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) PC*, Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) PC* at Lycée Paul Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence
Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) PC, Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) PC at Centre International de Valbonne
University exchange Astrophysics, University exchange Astrophysics at Chalmers University of Technology
Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:63 releases, 4 reviews, 419 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Aurélien primarily focused on developing and improving the "blur-my-shell" GNOME Shell extension. Their contributions involved implementing blur effects for various components like the top panel, dash, and overview. They refactored and updated the code, creating classes for different components like the overview and lockscreen, and added settings support for managing blur-related features. The commits demonstrate a strong focus on UI customization and improving the visual appearance of the GNOME Shell.
Contributions:1 release, 71 commits, 61 pushes in 10 months
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